kwashiorkor in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for kwashiorkor in the English»Spanish Dictionary

kwashiorkor [Am ˌkwɑʃiˈɔrkər, Brit ˌkwɒʃɪˈɔːkɔː, ˌkwaʃɪˈɔːkɔː] N U

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He designed meals using local vegetables to fight against the scourge of kwashiorkor.

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They dropped food to the desperately hungry hinterland and took off with the kwashiorkor children.

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It is normally given for one to three days, in cases of kwashiorkor it can be given for a maximum of seven days.

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Approximately half of the patients have endocrine disorders such as diabetes, nutritional disorders such as pellagra or kwashiorkor, or have taken drugs such as guanethidine, thioridazine, or isoprenaline.

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A similar disorder, seen in very young malnourished children, is kwashiorkor.

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Kwashiorkor, a form of calorie and protein deficiency, is a more serious type of malnutrition in young children, and can negatively affect physical and mental development.

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Kwashiorkor was once attributed to pure protein deficiency in individuals who were consuming enough calories (sugar baby syndrome).

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Related syndromes include kwashiorkor and marasmus, although these do not always have an underlying causative illness and are most often symptomatic of severe malnutrition.

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Extreme fluid retention observed in individuals suffering from kwashiorkor is a direct result of irregularities of the lymphatic system and capillary exchange.

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Kwashiorkor cases occur in areas of famine or poor food supply.

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