Name: Mustary Akter Date: 10/29/2015
NUTR 222 - Case Study 1
A. A woman and her 8 month old son come into the hospital. The boy is very thin and wasted looking and the mother tells you he hasn’t been growing at all in the recent weeks. Through interviewing the woman, you discover that their family has come on hard times and in order to cut down on costs, she and her husband have been diluting the boy’s formula and have not yet introduced him to solid foods.
1. What condition is the little boy likely suffering from?
The boy is suffering from Marasmus which is a chronic malnutrition caused by the deficiency in both the energy and the proteins. Diluting the formula causes the dilution of the nutrients it contains as well. So feeding your baby a diluted formula would cause him to not get enough protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals, which are essential for the normal growth and development for the baby. Since the boy not consuming any solid foods or breast milk
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Your boy is in the early stage of Marasmus which is a chronic malnutrition. When you changed the concentration of the baby’s formula it affected him to not receive enough nutrition in his diet which is causing him to get stop growing and get thinner. If it continues he might become more deficient in many of the essential nutrition such as iron which can cause him to have anemia. He also lacks calcium in his diet which will cause him to have weak bone and teeth. Also if you use tap water to dilute the formula it might cause the baby to have fluoride overdose which can damage his tooth buds and have fluorosis which can make his teeth emerge as stained black. There are many more essential nutrients that he might be lacking in his body which will eventually lead him to be severely sick and death can also
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