How can we determine whether it is malnutrition?

Malnutrition is a kind of nutritional deficiency caused by insufficient food intake, increasing demand, excessive losses, or impaired use of the body.

I. Cause
(1) insufficient food intake: insufficient food supply due to famine or other causes, monotonous food varieties, and unbalanced diet caused by partial food.

(2) demand increase: the reasons for the increase in demand can be divided into congenital defects and acquired factors. Acquired Defects
Is caused by specific enzyme defects. Acquired acquired factors, such as the amount of nutrients required by the human body during growth and development.
Consumption increases or affects digestion and absorption, drug-induced malnutrition, environmental factors, and other principles.
Ii. Symptoms
Malnutrition is a nutrient deficiency syndrome. It is common in various chronic diseases and may have different manifestations. Malnutrition must be based on specific disease
Situation analysis to identify the lack of nutrients. If there is a lack of protein, the symptoms are fatigue, not interested in various activities, like sitting, learning
, Low work efficiency, weight loss, subcutaneous fat atrophy, skin relaxation, edema, polyuria, circulatory and digestive symptoms, metabolic disorders, anemia, etc.

Iii. Diagnosis
It is not difficult to diagnose malnutrition based on the patient's appearance and performance.
(1) Degree of weight loss and weight loss before and after onset, and observe whether there is edema.
(2) slight decrease in labor force and even full loss.
(3) those with severe floating species and evil species are critically ill.
(4) plasma protein concentration. The plasma protein concentration is normal or mild in mild cases, but the plasma protein concentration is obvious in severe cases.
Iv. Prevention and Control
Pay attention to the combination of various nutrients, which is also important for preventing and controlling various diseases that cause malnutrition. Treatment is performed based on the severity of malnutrition.

(1) mild illness, such as having no gastrointestinal dysfunction, can be used to give a high protein and high-calorie diet or soft food, with more than one meal.
(2) in critically ill patients, vitamin-rich food or vitamin B should be given during treatment with a liquid or easy-to-digest food.
Family and other drugs. Other ancillary treatments, such as the 25 mg intramuscular injection of Norton hydrochloride, are given twice a week with a high protein diet.