Friday, December 31, 2010

Trace elements (micronutrients)

Posted by IMers at 4:09 PM ,
Trace elements (micronutrients).
1. Zinc
Oyster, shell fish, cheese..
Acrodermatitis enteropathica.
Skin-psoriasis.
Vesiculobullous n pustular lesion, angular stomatitis, glossitis.
Blephritis, conjunctivitis, photophobia.
GI
anorexia, steatorrhoea.
Irritbility, emotional lability.
2. Magnesium
green veg, nuts, meat.
Ms pain, weaknes, irrit, tremor, ataxia,carpopedal spasm, confusion, hallucinations.
3. Phosphate
All natural food, meat, milk.
Nausia, wiknes, osteoporosis, hemolysis.
4. Chromium
cereals, meat. neuroencephalopathy.
5. Manganese
cereal, green vegetables.
transient dermatitis, weight loss.
6. Copper
Menke's kinky hair disease, pilitortis.
7. Selenium
Loss of pig of hair, curling of hair, peripheral neuropathy, cardiomyopathy.

PEM ASSESMENT
Assesment mainly upon weight WELLCOME CLASSIFICATION TYPE-BODY WEIGHT in percent-presence of oedema-2nd row -underweight-60to80-abscent-3rd row -marasmus-below 60-abs-4th row-kwashiorkar-60to80-present 5th r marasmic kwashiorkar below 60 present GOMEZ CLASSIFICATION percent weight for age of NCHS
type of undernutrition
degree of undernutrition
1st row above 90-normal-normaL
2nd row75 to 89.9-mild-grade one
3rd row -60to74.9-moderate-grade2
4th row -below60-SEVERE-grade 3.
Percent weightt for age
grade of nutrition
above80-normal
70TO79.9-1 60TO69.9-2 50to59.9-3 below 50-4 WATERLOW CLASSIFICATION type ofmalnutrion-height for age-wt for age 1st normal-normaL-normal 2nd current short duration-norm-3low norm-4-low.

Back Top

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Comment Author url are dofollow but comment are moderated by me , you know the drill.