Other names: cachexia, marasmus, inanice, dilapidation
Malnutrition is a condition where intake of nutrients, or the ability of the organism to use them,are insufficient to meet the needs of the organism.
Malnutrition is a global problem that plagues poor countries, but also people having access to sufficient quantities of food may suffer from malnutrition if they are not able to take enough food, or if their body is not able to use nutrients because of a disease.
Malnutrition may be caused by stress or starvation simple. With a simple cause starvation is malnutrition only in the lack of nutrients in starvation stress causing altered metabolism in major diseases (infection, trauma, cancer and others.). For such patients can be a challenge to treat malnutrition.
As an indication, the nutritional status assessed by BMI (body mass index), which is calculated according to height and weight. BMI below 18.5 indicates malnutrition already.
Of the causes that may lead to malnutrition among food shortages, it is, for example, anorexia nervosa, which is very dangerous because it was sick often deny and refuse to heal.
Malnutrition may be due to disturbances of the digestive system and various chronic diseases.
Complications of malnutrition especially among immune disorders, lack of red blood cells, poor wound healing, sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal disorders, in advanced stages of malnutrition occur and heart rhythm disturbances. The immediate cause of death by malnutrition are the most common infectious complication.
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