Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Kwashiorkor

Other underlying conditions related to Kwashiorkor:

• Alkaline phosphatase levels low (plasma or serum)
• Anisocytosis
• Diarrhoea
• Facial oedema
• Hepatic steatosis
• Hepatomegaly
• Hyperpigmentation
• Hypomagnesemia
• Hypopigmentation
• Hypoproteinaemia
• Hypotension
• Hypothermia
• Immune deficiency
• Muscle wasting
• Muscle weakness
• Oedema
• Poikilocytosis
• Red cell production reduced
• Short stature
• Sinus bradycardia
• Tongue abnormality
• Weight loss

Source: Diseases Database

Kwashiorkor as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Kwashiorkor as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Kwashiorkor as a complication includes:

• Achalasia
• Alzheimer disease 10
• Alzheimer disease 12
• Alzheimer disease 13
• Alzheimer disease 14
• Alzheimer disease 15
• Alzheimer disease 16
• Alzheimer disease 2, late-onset
• Alzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease)
• Alzheimer disease 5
• Alzheimer disease 6
• Alzheimer disease 7
• Alzheimer disease 8
• Alzheimer disease 9
• Alzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• Alzheimer disease, familial, 1
• Alzheimer disease, familial, 11
• Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia
• Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques
• Alzheimer disease, familial, 4
• Autoimmune enteropathy
• Cocaine addiction
• Congenital microvillous atrophy
• Crack addiction
• Dermatomyositis
• Down's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease
• Duplication 13
• Early-onset Alzheimer's
• Ecstasy addiction
• Epidermalolysis bullosa
• Epidermolysis bullosa, simplex
• Epidermolytic epidermolysis bullosa
• Erythrodermic eczema
• Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease
• Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
• Heroin dependence
• Hyperemesis Gravidarum
• Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
• Late-onset Alzheimer's
• Mesenteric artery syndrome
• Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
• Narcotic addiction
• Oesophageal spasm
• Opioid addiction
• Opium addiction
• Polyneuropathy -- Ophthalmoplegia -- Leukoencehalopathy -- Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
• Prescribed medication addiction
• Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Ulcerative colitis
• Whooping Cough

Kwashiorkor as a symptom:

Conditions listing Kwashiorkor as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

• Alcoholism
• Amphetamine abuse
• Amyloidosis AL
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Blind loop syndrome
• Boyd-Stearns syndrome
• Brinton disease
• Chylomicron Retention Disease
• Classic galactosemia
• Cocaine fetopathy
• Congenital short bowel
• Congenital sucrose-isomaltose malabsorption
• Cutaneous photosensitivity colitis, lethal
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Diarrhea 2, with Microvillous Atrophy
• Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional
• Finnish nephrosis syndrome
• Follicular hamartoma -- alopecia -- cystic fibrosis
• Gastrointestinal amyloidosis
• Hereditary amyloidosis
• Hyperemesis Gravidarum
• Intestinal epithelial dysplasia
• Intractable diarrhea with enterocytes assembly abnormalities, congenital, familial
• Juvenile tropical pancreatitis syndrome
• Microsporidiosis
• Obal syndrome
• Opisthorchiasis
• Pancreatic insufficiency
• Pancreatic Islet Cell Cancer
• Patau syndrome
• Protein deficiency
• Rumination disorder
• Sandifer syndrome
• Self Harm
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency
• Sucrase-isomaltase malabsorption, congenital
• Sucrase-isomaltose malabsorption, congenital

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Kwashiorkor, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Kwashiorkor. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Kwashiorkor. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.

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