Malnutrition slight

Ji Nei Jin is sweet and slightly cold, and enters the Stomach, Spleen and Bladder meridians. It aids digestion of all kinds of food. Its function is quite strong. Since it is cold in temperature, it is also able to reduce heat and eliminate irritability. It is particularly suitable for use in children with malnutrition when chronic food stagnation has already produced heat. 

Ihe normal functioning of the cells of the crypts and villi is disrupted in certain malabsorptive diseases such as celiac disease, which involves a Rattening of the intestinal mucosa. This flattening results from disappearance of the villi, as shown in Figure 2,50, The depth of the crypt may or may not change. (Figure 2.50 indicates a slight increase in crypt depth,) Extensive disappearance of intestinal villi leads to malabsorption and serious malnutrition. 

In obese women, the AAG concentrations are doubled, and the unbound plasma fraction of propranolol is 30 /o lower than that in women with normal body weight.f In the obese, the albumin concentrations, and phenytoin binding are normal, whereas diazepam binding is slightly reduced. In undernourished or hospitalized patients, the AAG concentrations are 30 0% higher than those in unhospitalized patients, and the propranolol free fraction is reduced by approximately, 30%. A marked decrease in albumin concentration has been reported in malnutrition, and it seems associated with a reduction in protein synthesis. ... 

Erythrocyte and plasma folate concentrations are reduced in protein-calorie malnutrition, but the serum vitamin Bj2 concentration is unaffected or may even be slightly increased. The plasma concentrations of vitamins A and E are much reduced. Although the blood hemoglobin concentration is reduced, the serum iron concentration is initially little affected by malnutrition. 

A slight decrease in protein-bound iodine (Starr et al., 1950), a normal level (Werner et al, 1949 Keating et al., 1950), and slightly decreased radioactive iodine uptake (Means, 1951) have recently been reported in sporadic cases of malnutrition. 

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