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Resources Marasmus is a nutritional disorder caused by calorie and energy deficiency.

Sign and symptoms:

• Slow growth
• Dehydration
• Shrunken appearance
• Dry skin
Acne
Diet
  
Balanced Diet

Scurvy is a deficiency disease that is lack of vitamin c.  This caused the blood capillaries to get weak.

Signs and symptoms:

• Teeth fall out with foul smelly breath
• Body weakness
• Swollen and tender joints including the feet
• Spongy and inflamed gums
Xerophthalmia is a deficiency of vitamin A which caused weakness in the cornea (clear covering of the eye).

Beriberi is ailment caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1 which affects the nervous system.  There are two forms of beriberi

Sign and symptoms:

• Weight loss
• Emotional disturbances
• Impaired vision
• Weakness
• Pain in the limbs
• Heart failure
Pellagra is a condition of the skin caused by lack of protein and niacin in the diet.

Signs and symptoms:

• Rough dark and scaly skin
• Depression
• Irritability
• Diarrhea
• Tongue become red and swollen
• Mental disturbance
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