Symptoms of malnutrition in girls

Nowadays, many young girls pursue a slim and light figure, so they do not hesitate to resort to dieting to achieve the goal of losing weight. Little do people know that although weight is reduced, it may also cause malnutrition. Friends, please do not underestimate the word "malnutrition". Malnutrition can cause serious harm to our bodies. So what are the symptoms of malnutrition in girls?

Clinical manifestations of malnutrition:

The main manifestation is that weight does not increase, but decreases until emaciation. The order of subcutaneous fat reduction is abdomen, chest, back, waist, upper limbs, lower limbs, buttocks, and finally cheeks. Initially, patients are often irritable and have trouble sleeping, followed by apathy, or alternating depression and irritability, loss of appetite, often accompanied by vomiting or diarrhea, and some may be constipated. Body temperature is lower than normal, pulse is slow, basal metabolism is reduced, accompanied by various symptoms of vitamin deficiency, susceptibility to various infections, and varying degrees of functional disorders in various organ systems.

Clinically, malnutrition is divided into three degrees according to the severity of the symptoms: In the first degree, the body weight is 15% to 25% lower than the normal average body weight, and the thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat is between 0.8 and 0.4 cm; in the second degree, the body weight is 25% to 40% lower than the normal average body weight, the abdominal subcutaneous fat layer almost disappears, the limbs and buttocks are obviously thin, the facial fat has been reduced, but there are no symptoms in the respiratory and circulatory organs. In Grade III, the body weight is reduced by more than 40% compared to the normal average weight, and the subcutaneous fat layer on the face and buttocks has disappeared. The skin is pale, dry and has completely lost its elasticity. The body temperature is lower than normal, the heart sounds are dull, the blood pressure is low, and the breathing is shallow.

The above content introduces the symptoms of malnutrition in great detail. Friends who have read it must have an understanding of it. It can be seen from this that the initial symptom of malnutrition is just weight loss, but as it develops it will not only affect our appetite and sleep, but in severe cases it can endanger life. Malnutrition in girls can also cause breast shrinkage.