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Possible Causes For Malnutrition/Starvation - Causes
- Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
Exposure/wilderness/neglect
Radiation sickness/severe, acute- Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
NPO status- Surgical, Procedure Complication
Short-bowel syndrome- Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
Amebiasis/Endameba histiolytica
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, disseminated
Tapeworm/beef tapeworm infestation
Hookworm (Ancylostomiasis) disease
Sprue, tropical
Tuberculosis, cavitary pulmonary
Whipples disease- Neoplastic Disorders
Malignancy/cancer
Metastatic malignancy (cancer)
Adenocarcinoma, gastric
Adenocarcinoma, pancreatic
Carcinoma, esophageal
Carcinoma, laryngeal
Esophageal tumor- Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
Inflammatory bowel disease
Toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome
Sprue (gluten enteropathy)
Pemphigus vulgaris- Metabolic, Storage Disorders
Wolman Disease- Deficiency Disorders
Cachexia status (inanition)
Malnutrition/Starvation- Congenital, Developmental Disorders
Primary protein losing enteropathy syndrome- Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Cystic fibrosis (mucoviscidosis)
Acrodermatitis enteropathica
Shwachman (Shwachman-Diamond) syndrome- Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders
Anorexia nervosa- Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
Pyloric obstruction/stenosis
Bronchiolithiasis
Esophagus, stenosis/stricture- Functional, Physiologic Variant Disorders
Abuse/neglect
Prisoner of war status- Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
Vomiting of pregnancy- Reference to Organ System
Protein losing enteropathy- Synonyms
- Acquired deficiency, Deficiency, deficiency diet, deficiency nutritional, Deficiency -nutritional, Deficiency state, Deficit, diet deficiency, Dietary deficiency, disease (or disorder) nutritional deficiency, Insufficiency dietary, insufficiency nourishment, Malnourished, malnutrition, Malnutrition (disorder), Malnutrition syndrome, nourishment insufficiency, NUTRITIONAL DEFIC, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, Nutritional deficiencies (disorder), Nutritional Deficiency, Nutritional deficiency (disorder), Nutritional deficiency (finding), Nutritional deficiency disorder, Nutritional deficiency unspecified, POOR NUTRITION, Underfed, Undernourished, Undernourished (finding), Undernutrition, Undernutrition (disorder), Undernutrition syndrome, Unspecified nutritional deficiency
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