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- Entity Type
- Diseases
- Relation Groups
- 4
- Relation Preview
- 32
Basic Information
Grouped by core information, identifiers, and descriptions.
Current candidates are inferred from disease-target-ingredient-herb paths and do not represent a formal recommendation ranking.
Core Information
- Disease Name
- Malnutrition
- Standard Disease Name
- malnutrition
- MeSH Tree
- No data
- ICD-10
- E46|E63.9|E40-E46
Identifiers
- DO ID
- No data
- MeSH ID
- D044342
- OMIM ID
- MTHU026060
- UMLS ID
- C0162429
- HPO ID
- No data
Description and Extensions
- Description
- NCI2016_NCI-GLOSS_1602D:A condition caused by not getting enough calories or the right amount of key nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, that are needed for health. Malnutrition may occur when there is a lack of nutrients in the diet or when the body cannot absorb nutrients from food. Cancer and cancer treatment may cause malnutrition.|NCI2016_02D:Inadequate nutrition resulting from poor diet, malabsorption, or abnormal nutrient distribution.|MSH2017_2016_08_12:An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.|MEDLINEPLUS_20151021:<p>Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. If you don't get enough nutrients -- including <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dietaryproteins.html'>proteins</a>, <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carbohydrates.html'>carbohydrates</a>, <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dietaryfats.html'>fats</a>, <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamins.html'>vitamins</a>, and <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/minerals.html'>minerals</a> - you may suffer from malnutrition.</p> <p>Causes of malnutrition include:</p> <ul> <li>Lack of specific nutrients in your diet. Even the lack of one vitamin can lead to malnutrition.</li> <li>An unbalanced diet</li> <li>Certain medical problems, such as <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malabsorptionsyndromes.html'>malabsorption syndromes</a> and cancers</li> </ul> <p>Symptoms may include fatigue, dizziness, and weight loss. Or, you may have no symptoms. To diagnose the cause of the problem, your doctor may do blood tests and a nutritional assessment. Treatment may include replacing the missing nutrients and treating the underlying cause.</p>|CSP2006:disorder of nutrition due to unbalanced or insufficient diet or to defective assimilation or utilization of nutrients.