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Malnutrition   

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention

Alternative names:

Nutrition - inadequate

Treatment

Treatment usually consists of replacement of missing nutrients; and treatment of symptoms as necessary and treatment of underlying medical condition.

Prognosis

Prognosis is different for different causes of malnutrition. Most nutritional deficiencies can be replaced. However, if caused by a medical condition, that illness has to be treated in order to reverse the nutritional deficiency.

Complications

Malnutrition can lead to mental disability, physical disability, illness, and even death, if untreated.

Call Your Health Care Provider If:

You are encouraged to discuss your risk of malnutrition with your health care provider. However, you must seek treatment if you experience any marked change in your body's functioning. These symptoms include, but are not limited to, fainting, lack of menstruation, lack of growth in children, rapid hair loss.

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