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Nutritional Deficiency Disorders
Concepts tested here
- Protein deficiency
All Questions
2005 AIPMT 1 question
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A patient is generally advised to specially consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in diet only when he suffers from -Meat, lentils (pulses), milk and eggs are rich sources of protein.
Kwashiorkor is caused by the deficiency of protein in the diet, even when the calorie intake may be adequate; it occurs mostly in children weaned early and fed on carbohydrate-rich food.
It is marked by wasting of muscles, thinning of limbs, failure of growth and brain development, and oedema (swelling) of parts of the body.
So such a patient is specially advised to take protein-rich foods.
Anaemia needs iron, folic acid and vitamin $B_{12}$; scurvy needs vitamin C (citrus fruits); rickets needs vitamin D and calcium.
So the diet is advised when the patient suffers from kwashiorkor.