Starvation

Introduction: Starvation

Description of Starvation

Starvation (medical condition): A form of malnutrition caused by a severe deficiency of both protein and calories.

See also:

Marasmus:
  »Introduction: Marasmus
  »Symptoms of Marasmus
  »Treatments for Marasmus

Starvation: Lengthy and continuous deprivation of food.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Starvation: lengthy and continuous deprivation of food.
Source: CRISP

Starvation: Lengthy and continuous deprivation of food. (Stedman, 25th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Starvation as a Disease

Starvation: Another name for Marasmus (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Marasmus
  »Symptoms of Marasmus
  »Treatments for Marasmus

Starvation: Related Diseases

Starvation: Starvation is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Nutritional deficiency

Symptoms of Starvation (Marasmus)

Some of the symptoms of Starvation incude:

• Growth retardation
• Muscle wasting
• Impaired immunity
• Lethargy
• Vomiting

See full list of 7 symptoms of Starvation (Marasmus)

Treatments for Starvation (Marasmus)

Treatments for Starvation (Marasmus) include:

• Vitamin B5 - possibly used for treatment of related vitamin B5 deficiency

Read more about treatments for Starvation

Treatment of Starvation: For more treatment information about Starvation, see treatment of Marasmus (Starvation)

Starvation as a Symptom

Starvation (symptom): Type of Thinness.

More information on symptom: Thinness:

• Thinness

Starvation: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Starvation:

• severe malnutrition
• protein energy malnutrition
• PEM
• kwashiorkor
• KW
• marasmic KW
• protein deficiency
• mental retardation
• cystic fibrosis
• malignancy
• cardiovascular disease
• end stage renal disease
• gastroenteritis
• measles

Terms associated with Starvation:

Related Topics

• Hunger

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Starvation

• Malnutrition

Source - MeSH 2007

• malnutrition

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Starvation:

• anorexia nervosa
• fasting
• leptin

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Starvation

The following list attempts to classify Starvation into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Nutrition Disorders
    • Malnutrition
      • Starvation

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