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Table 9.3. Physical Signs Indicative of Malnutrition<br />

Body Area Normal Appearance Signs Associated with Malnutrition<br />

Hair Shiny; firm; not easily Lack of natural shine, dull and dry; thin and<br />

plucked sparse; fine, silky, and straight; color changes (flag<br />

sign); easily plucked<br />

Face Skin color uni<strong>for</strong>m; Skin color loss (depigmentation); skin dark over<br />

smooth, pink, healthy cheeks and under eyes (malar and supraorbital<br />

appearance; not swollen pigmentation); lumpiness or flakiness of skin of<br />

nose and mouth; swollen face; enlarged parotid<br />

glands; scaling of skin around nostrils (nasolabial<br />

seborrhea)<br />

Eyes Bright, clear, shiny; no Pale eye membranes (pale conjunctivae); redness<br />

sores at corners of eyelids; of membranes (conjunctival infection); Bitot’s<br />

membranes healthy, pink spots; redness and fissuring of eyelid corners<br />

and moist; no prominent (angular palpebritis); dryness of eye membranes<br />

blood vessels or mound of (conjunctival xerosis); dull appearance of cornea<br />

tissue or sclera (corneal xerosis); soft cornea (keratomalacia); scar<br />

on cornea; ring of fine blood vessels around<br />

cornea (circumcorneal injection)<br />

Lips Smooth, not chapped or Redness and swelling of mouth or lips (cheilosis),<br />

swollen especially at corners of mouth (angular fissures<br />

and scars)<br />

Tongue Deep red in appearance, Swelling; scarlet and raw tongue; magenta<br />

not swollen or smooth (purplish color) tongue; smooth tongue; swollen<br />

sores; hyperemic and hypertrophic papillae;<br />

atrophic papillae<br />

Teeth No cavities, no pain, bright Missing or erupting abnormally; gray or black<br />

spots (fluorosis); cavities (caries)<br />

Gums <strong>Health</strong>y, red, not<br />

bleeding, not swollen<br />

Spongy and bleed easily; recession of gums<br />

Glands Face not swollen Thyroid enlargement (front of neck); parotid<br />

enlargement (cheeks become swollen)<br />

Skin No signs of rashes, Dryness of skin (xerosis); sandpaper feel of skin<br />

swellings, dark or (follicular hyperkeratosis); flakiness of skin; skin<br />

light spots swollen and dark; red swollen pigmentation of<br />

exposed areas (pellagrous dermatosis); excessive<br />

lightness or darkness of skin (dyspigmentation);<br />

black and blue marks due to skin bleeding<br />

(petechiae); lack of fat under skin<br />

Nails Firm, pink Spoon-shaped nails (koilonychia); brittle, ridged<br />

nails<br />

Muscular Good muscle tone, Wasted appearance of muscles; baby’s skull<br />

and skeletal some fat under skin, bones thin and soft (craniotabes); round swelling<br />

systems ability to walk or run of front and side of head (frontal and parietal<br />

without pain bossing); swelling of ends of bones (epiphyseal<br />

enlargement); small bumps on both sides of chest<br />

wall (on ribs); beading of ribs; baby’s soft spot on<br />

head not hardened at proper time (persistently<br />

open anterior fontanelle); knock-knees or<br />

bowlegs; bleeding into muscle (musculoskeletal<br />

hemorrhages); inability to get up or walk properly<br />

Cardiovascular Normal heart rate and Rapid heart rate (above 100 beats per minute;<br />

system rhythm, no murmurs or tachycardia); enlarged heart; abnormal rhythm;<br />

abnormal rhythms, normal<br />

blood pressure <strong>for</strong> age<br />

elevated blood pressure<br />

Clinical Nutrition <strong>Care</strong> Management<br />

continued on next page<br />

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