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- Poor growth characterized by loss of weight and growth failure (60 to 80%
weight for age).
- Oedema- accumulation of fluids in tissues causing swelling
- Wasting of muscles
- Mental changes characterized by apathy, misery, irritability and sadness.
- Hair changes- the hair becomes coarse, lack of luster, brownish, sparse and
easily pulled out.
- Anaemia due to lack of protein to synthesize blood cells is worsened by iron
deficiency, malaria and worm infestation.
- Skin changes/lesions- dark pigmentation in areas of friction i.e. patches like
sun burns.
- Diarrhoea
- Moon face-cheeks appear swollen with fatty tissues or fluids.
- Poor appetite/ anorexia
- Hepatomegaly (enlarged fatty liver).
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