What are the symptoms of malnutrition?

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Malnutrition is a common disease, which usually occurs in children. But now there are some adult male or female friends who don't pay attention to supplement nutrition. They always want to lose weight and fast, which may cause malnutrition and great harm. Therefore, everyone needs to pay attention to their own body and pay more attention to their health, Healthy body is the most important and the foundation of life and study, so we need to know more about malnutrition. Now let's talk about the symptoms of malnutrition.

What are the symptoms of malnutrition?

Symptoms and signs initially showed no weight gain, followed by subcutaneous fat loss and gradual weight loss. In addition to weight loss, hair withered and yellow, mental depression, physical growth rate slowed down until the pause, long-term malnutrition in addition to weight below normal, height is also lower than normal children of the same age. Subcutaneous fat loss in all parts of the body occurs in a certain order, first in the abdomen, then in the trunk, buttocks, limbs, and finally in the face.

Severe malnutrition is characterized by old people's face, skin and bone, low muscle tension, backward intelligence and physical strength, loss of appetite or refusal to eat, low digestion and absorption function, frequent vomiting and diarrhea, alternate mental depression and irritability, poor circulation, low body temperature, low blood pressure, slow heart rate, low voltage and T wave on ECG. Patients with decreased plasma protein may have dystrophic edema, even pleural and peritoneal effusion.

According to the condition, malnutrition was classified as mild (grade I), that is, the body weight was 15% - 25% lower than the normal average, and the thickness of subcutaneous fat in abdominal wall was 0.8-0.4cm. Moderate (grade II), that is, the body weight is 25% - 40% lower than the normal average, and the thickness of subcutaneous fat on the abdominal wall is less than 0.4cm. Severe (grade III), that is, the body weight is lower than 40% of the normal average, and the subcutaneous fat of abdominal wall disappears.

matters needing attention

Malnutrition will also cause the loss of some nutrients in the body and affect the growth and development of various organs of the body. At the same time, a lot of calcium, magnesium and potassium elements will also be lost, resulting in the imbalance of water and electrolyte in the body, the serious decline of the body's resistance, and the risk of suffering from various diseases will gradually increase. Therefore, everyone needs to pay attention to three meals a day in life, At the same time, in terms of diet, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, supplement vitamins, usually can also eat more fish, fish muscle is very good for the body, diet needs many aspects.