The
relationship among malnutrition, immune suppression and infection are
complicated by the severe effects that a number of infections exert on
nutrition.
Examples of how infections
can contribute to malnutrition include
1. Gastro intestinal
infection that lead to diarrhea
2. Chronic infection that
cause cachexia and anemia
3. Intestinal parasites that
cause anemia and nutrient deprivation.
[Schauble, UE;
Kaufmann, J. H. E. 2007].
Acute diarrhea and
pneumonia occur most frequently during the first 2-3 years of life when
immunocompetence is impaired and when children are first being exposed to
pathogens, infection can suppress appetite and directly affect metabolism,
leading to poor nutrient utilization. [Bloss, E,; et al., 2004].
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