Symptoms of malnutrition in adults

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It is often said that women are made of water and men are made of mud. In fact, both men and women are made of water. Most of the body is made of water, normal people's abdominal cavity can have a small amount of liquid, these liquids can play a lubricating role on internal organs. But if there is too much fluid in the abdominal cavity, it will cause ascites. Ascites refers to excessive ascites in the abdominal cavity. Most patients show abdominal distension. The common clinical manifestation is cancerous ascites, which is mostly caused by digestive tract tumors, such as gastric cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases. Many patients with ascites will take the method of ascites extraction for treatment.

Symptoms of malnutrition in adults

The patients with cachexia in the late stage and long course of disease, due to long-term consumption and loss of appetite, show progressive emaciation, fatigue, burnout and other cachexia symptoms. It is necessary to give more care to patients, more courage to survive and more confidence to overcome the disease.

We should also pay attention to the patients with ascites should not pump water for many times, because a large number of nutrient protein lost after pumping water for many times, causing serious damage to immunity. After pumping water, the patients were treated with western medicine nutritional support therapy, combined with traditional Chinese medicine to strengthen spleen and dampness, enhance transport and chemical function, so that ascites no longer grow or inhibit growth, so as to achieve the recovery of viscera function and improve immune function.

Many patients with ascites will take the method of puncture and drainage to remove the ascites from the body. Extraction of ascites is the last method for the treatment of refractory ascites. Generally, albumin injection will be performed after extraction of ascites. Because ascites contains some nutrients, it will cause loss of nutrients, and other complications and adverse reactions will not appear.

matters needing attention

Long term ascites will lead to a large number of body protein loss, leading to hypoproteinemia, liver cirrhosis and so on. If not treated in time, life will be in danger and gradually consumed, so chemotherapy should be considered.