Management of Kwashiorkor

For an affected child, a gradual rehabilitations follow, the feeding of
the child is important with balance diet, though it could be a gradual process,
child is encourage as much as possible to take diet rich in protein, the child
need to be supported emotionally, if the mother is dead, father should also
show a lot of love as this can help to speed child’s health development and
recovery. Emphasis should be laid on teaching mothers proper nutrition for the
family and hygiene practices so as to avoid release of kwashiorkor, condition
among affect children

The management of children with kwashiorkor, if helped in time and are
treated with diet rich in protein energy and as the condition reverses, they
begin to grow again and may even show no sign of their previous conditions
except, perhaps shortness of stature also base on administration of protein of
high biological value, a diet rich in protein with soya beans, meat, eggs,
light solid fruit such as banana should be given vegetable till the period of
recovery
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