vitamin-k-semiquinone-radical and Kwashiorkor

Although several cases of severe hypoalbuminemia resulting from rice milk have been described in the past, today the use of rice milk without nutritional counseling to treat eczema is still a continuing, poor practice. We describe a kwashiorkor case in an infant with severe eczema exclusively fed with rice milk. It is well documented that rice milk is not a sufficient protein source. Moreover, only a small portion of eczema is triggered by food allergy. In conclusion this case raises the importance of managing dietary changes facing food allergies with responsibility for specialized consensus among pediatricians, nutritionists, endocrinologists and allergists all of them specialist professionals.

Topics: Calcium, Dietary; Dermatitis, Atopic; Diet; Dietary Proteins; Folic Acid; Food Hypersensitivity; Fruit; Humans; Hypoalbuminemia; Immunoglobulin E; Infant; Iron, Dietary; Kwashiorkor; Male; Oryza; Serum Albumin; Vegetables; Vitamin K

Topics: Blood Coagulation Disorders; Blood Coagulation Factors; Blood Coagulation Tests; Blood Proteins; Child, Preschool; Dehydration; Dietary Proteins; Emaciation; Factor V Deficiency; Humans; Infant; Kwashiorkor; Liver Function Tests; Nutrition Disorders; Protein-Energy Malnutrition; Prothrombin Time; Vitamin K

Topics: Diet; Diet Therapy; Dietary Proteins; Edema; Hemoglobinometry; Humans; Kwashiorkor; Proteins; Serum Albumin; Vitamin A; Vitamin K; Vitamins

Topics: Amino Acids; Anabolic Agents; Asian People; Diet; Diet Therapy; Gastrectomy; Humans; Japan; Kwashiorkor; Postoperative Complications; Steroids; Stomach Ulcer; Vitamin A; Vitamin K; Vitamins

Topics: Carbon Isotopes; Child; Humans; Infant; Infant Nutrition Disorders; Kwashiorkor; Proteins; Vitamin A; Vitamin A Deficiency; Vitamin E; Vitamin E Deficiency; Vitamin K; Vitamins