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explain vitamins requirement during thyphoidvitamins vitamins which need to be emphasized include b complex considering the increase in the
explain minerals requirement during thyphoid minerals loss of electrolytes and water is observed due to diarrhoea thus liberalizing on sodium
explain fats requirements during thyphoidfats use of fats should be in moderation this is because the typhoid patient has a compromised ability to
dietary fibredietary fibre typhoid patient has an inflamed intestinal mucosa which can be easily perforated and ulcerated leading to
explain carbohydrates requirement during thyphoidcarbohydrates carbohydrate intake should be liberal this can be attributed to1 repletion of
proteinprotein the requirement of protein is increased in typhoid as there is a massive tissue loss thus the protein intake should be
energyenergy fever is characterized by elevation of bmr thus caloric requirements are increased the increase in caloric needs is
the dietary principles underlying the enteric diet includehigh caloriehigh proteinhigh carbohydratemoderate fathigh fluidlow fibre and soft
dietary managementthe golden rule in the dietary management of ally fever is feed the fever considering
clinical symptoms of typhoid are1 graded fever which follows an upward ladder pattern2 abdominal pain cramps and diarrhoea3 anorexia
some observations seen in this fever are1 massive loss of lean body mass or muscle due to tissue breakdown 250-500 g muscle tissue is lostday
what is salmonella typhosntyphoid is an enteric fever which relates to acute infection of short duration it is caused by bacteria
explain disease typhoid typhoid is often called enteric fever because the infection or bacteria is found in the intestines and attaches itself to
etiologyfevers can be caused due to1 internal endogenous factors this could be caused within the body examples are antigen-antibody reactions
explain chronic infections feverchronic infections fever these are generally of longer and sustained duration the patients have a past history of
explain acute infections feveracute infections fever acute fevers are of short duration with acute symptoms the body temperature may rise to
the metaboilc changes would depend on the following factorsa nature of infectionb severity of the infectionc duration of the
explain metabolic changes during infectionwith the rise in body temperature above normal 9840f or 37degc due to infection several
nutritional and infectionsthe interaction between nutrition and infection is synergistic - that is nutritional deficiency lowers
the specific immune defense mechanisms response can be broadly classified into two types a cell mediated immune response this is achieved
what is specific defence mechanismspecific these relate to specialized cells located throughout the body which respond to invasion of foreign
what is non specific defencenon specific these relate to the physical barriers like skin and mucous membrane they form the
what is defense mechanism defense mechanism relate to the bodys ways to protect itself from any infection or a
a explain somatic hybridisation b describe the various steps involved in the process mention any two uses of somatic
what is oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curveexplain the role of red blood cells in the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide by bloodbriefly