Kwashiorkor is diagnosed in growth-retarded children along with ________
Kwashiorkor children have pitting edema, usually staing in the legs and feet and spreading, in more advanced cases to hands and face.The mental changes include unhappiness, apathy, or irritability with sad, intermittent cry. They show no signs of hunger and is difficult to feed them.There will be hyperpigmentation. Ref: Page 67; Ghai Essential Pediatrics; 7th edition
Edema and mental changes
Hypopigmentation and anemia
Edema and hypopigmentation
Hepatomegaly and good appetite
Nutrition