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awake and readily aroused, oriented, fully aware of external and internal stimuli and responds appropriately, conducts meaningful interpersonal interactions
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Alert
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Not fully alert, drifts off to sleep when not stimulated, can be aroused to name when called i normal voice but looks drowsy, responds appropriately to questions or commands but thinking seems slow and fuzzy, inattentive, loses train of thought, spontaneous movements are decreased
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Lethargic
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Sleep most of the time, difficult to arouse--needs loud shout or vigorous shake, acts confused when is arounds, converses in monosullables, speech may be mumbled and incoherent, requires constant stimulation for even marginal cooperation
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Obtunded
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Spontaneously unconscious, responds only to persistent and bigorous shake or pain; has appropriate moto response; otherwise can only groan, mumble, or move restlessly; reflex activity persists
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Stupor (Semi-coma)
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completely unconscious, no response to pain or to any external or internal stimuli, light coma has some reflex activity but no purposeful movement, deep coma has no motor response
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Coma
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clouding of consciousness; inattentive; incoherent converstaion; impaired recent memory; often agitated and having visual hallucinations; disoriented, with confusion worse at night when stimuli are decreased
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Acute Confusional State (Delirium)
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Disorder of voice
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Dysphonia
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Distorted articulation in voice
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dysarthria
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language comprehension and production secondary to brain damage
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aphasia
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most common and sever form; spontaneous speech is absent or reduced to a few stereo-typed words or sounds. Comprehension is absent or reduced
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Global aphasia
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Expressive. Can understand language but cannot express using language. Nonfluent, dysarthric, and effortful speech
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Broca's aphasia
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Receptive. Opposite broca's. can hear sounds and words but cannot relate them to previous experiences. speech is fluent, effortless, and well articulated
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Wernicke's aphasia
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lack of emotional response; no expression of feelings; voice monotonous and face immobile
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flat affect (blunted)
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sad, gloomy, dejected; symptoms can occur in bad weather, after a holiday or w/ an illness
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depression
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EBV symptoms
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fever
Hepatosplenomegaly pharyngitis lymphadenopathy (posterior cervical nodes) |
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joy and optimism, overconfidence, increased motor activity, not necessarily pathologic
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elation
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excessive well-being, unusually cheerful or elated, which is inappropriate considering physical and mental condition, implies a pathological mood
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euphoria
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worried, uneasy, apprehensive from the anticipation of a danger whose source is unknown
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anxiety
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worried, uneasy, apprehensive; external danger is known and identified
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fear
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annoyed, easily provoked, impatient
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irritability
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furious, loss of control
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rage
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the existence of opposing emotions toward an idea object, person
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ambivalence
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rapid shift of emotions
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lability
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affect clearly discordant with the contest of the persons speech
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inappropriate affect
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sudden interruption in train of thought, unable to complete sentence, seems related to strong emotion
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blocking
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fabricates events to fill in memory
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confabulation
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coining a new word; invented word has no real meaning; may condense several words
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circumlocution
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talks with excessive and unnecessary detail, delays reaching point; sentences have meaningful connection but are irrelevant
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circumstantiality
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shifting from one topic to an unrelated topic
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loosening associations
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abrupt change, rapid skipping from top to topic, practically continuous flow of accelerated speech. plays on words
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flight of ideas
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incoherent mixture of words, phrases, and sentences; illogical, disconnected
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word salad
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persistent repeating of verbal or motor response, even with varied stimuli
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perseveration
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imitation, repeats others' words or phrases, often with a mumbling, mocking, or mechanical tone
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echolalia
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word choice based on sound, not meaning, includes nonsense rhymes and puns
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clanging
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strong, persistent, irrational fear of an object or situation; feels driven to avoid it
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phobia
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morbid worrying about own health, feels sick with no actual basis for that assumption
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hypochondriasis
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unwanted, persistent thoughts or impulses; logic will not purge them from consciousness; experienced as intrusive and senseless
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obsession
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unwanted, repetitive, purposeful act; driven to do it; behavior thought to neutralize or prevent discomfort or some dreaded event
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compulsion
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firm, fixed, false beliefs; irrational; person clings to delusion despite objective evidence to contrary
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delusions
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sensory perceptions for which there are no external stimuli
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hallucination
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misperception of an actual existing stimulus
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illusion
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disturbance of consciousness, change in cognition, develops over short period of time; can be substance induced
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delirium
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memory impairment, aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, impairment of occupational or social functioning
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dementia
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memory impairment, impairment in social or occupational functioning; may be due to pathology
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amnestic disorder
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ingestion of substance produces maladaptive behavior changes because of effect on CNS
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intoxication
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daily use needed to functions, inability to stop, impaired social and occupational functioning, recurrent use when it is physically hazardous
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abuse
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physiologic dependence on substance
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dependence
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requires increased amount of substance to produce same effect
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tolerance
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cessation of substance produces a syndrome of physiologic symptoms
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withdrawal
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delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and catatonic behavior, social/occupational dysfunction, lasts at least 6 months
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schizophrenia
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depressed mood, diminished interest/pleasure, weight loss, insomnia, psychomotor agitation, fatigue, worthless feeling, decreased ability to think, thoughts of death
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major depressive episode
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persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood; inflated self-esteem, grandiosity, decreased sleep, talkative, etc
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manic episode
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one or more depressive episodes
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major depressive disorder
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at least 2 years of depressed mood for more days than not
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dysthymic disorder
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one or more manic episodes usually accompanied by major depressive episodes
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bipolar disorder
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intense fear or discomfort; pounding heart, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, dizzy, chills, etc
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panic attack
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anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult; situations are avoided
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agoraphobia
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recurrent panic attacks, concern about having additional attacks, change in behavior, agoraphobia possible
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panic disorder
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fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by a specific object or situation
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specific phobia
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fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed unfamiliar people or scrutiny by others
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social phobia
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has obsessions or compulsions
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obsessive-compulsive disorder
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exposed to a traumatic event which alters mood and is reexperienced; increased arousal
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post-traumatic stress disorder
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excessive anxiety and worrying occurring more days than not for at least 6 months; cant control worry
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generalized anxiety disorder
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weight in lbs
--------------------------------- x 703 height in (in) squared |
BMI
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waist circumference
----------------------------- hip circumference |
waist-to-hip ration (measured in inches)
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deficiency in growth hormone in childhood, delayed puberty, hypothyroidism, and adrenal insufficiency
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hypopituitary dwarfism
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excessive secretion of growth hormone; increased height and weight and delayed sexual development
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gigantism
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excessive secretion of growth hormone in adulthood; overgrowth of bone in face, head, hands, and feet; but no change in height. internal organ also enlarged
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acromegaly (hyperpituitarism)
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congenital skeletal malformation caused by a genetic disorder in converting cartilage to bone; large head, short stature, and short limbs
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achondroplastic dwarfism
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tall, thin stature, arachnodactyly, hyper-extensible joints, longer arm span than height
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marfan's syndrome
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weight gain and edema with central trunk and cervical obesity, round face
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endogenous obesity-- syndrome
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<95/60
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hypotension
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120-139/80-89
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prehypertension
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140-159/90-99
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stage 1 hypertension
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>/=160/>=100
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stage 2 hypertension
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smoking, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, >60y/o, male, family history of cvd of female <65 or male <55
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risk stratification
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80%-90% of ideal weight
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mild malnutrition
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70%-80% of ideal weight
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moderate malnutrition
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<70% of ideal weight
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severe malnutrtion
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current weight
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percent ideal body weight
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current weight
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percent usual body weight
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85%-95% of usual body weight
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mild malnutrition
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75%-84% of usual body weight
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moderate malnutrition
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<75% of usual body weight
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severe malnutrition
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usual weight-current weight
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recent weight change
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>5% weight loss over 1 month
>7.5% weight loss over 3 months >10% weight loss of 6 months |
clinically significant weight loss
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>35 in women
>40 in men |
Waist Circumference
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>/= 1.0 in men
>/=0.8 in women |
waist to hip ratio of risk
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weights more than 20% above ideal body weight
bmi=30 |
obese
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at or more than 100% above ideal body weight
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morbidly obese
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protein-calorie malnutrition--inadequate intake of protein and calories or prolonged starvation
</=80% ideal weight |
marasmum
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protein malnutrition--diets may be high in calories but little or no protein
>/=100% ideal weight |
kwashiorkor
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prolonged inadequate intake of protein and calories
</=70% idea weight |
marasmum/kwashiorkor mix
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pigmented keratotic scaling lesions resulting from niacin deficiency
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pellagra
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dry, bumpy skin associated with vitamin A and/or linoleic acid deficiency
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follicular hyperkeratosis
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deficiency of vitamin C. swollen, ulcerated, and bleeding gums
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scorbutic gums
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foamy plaques of the cornea; sign of vitamin A deficiency
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bitot's spots
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vitamin D and calcium deficiencies in children and adults
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rickets
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riboflavin deficiency
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magenta tongue
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