Please provide a long paragraph with at least 8 senteences answering the followi

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Please provide a long paragraph with at least 8 senteences answering the following:

2. Kwashiorkor is a condition that occurs due to insufficient protein in the diet. It develops in malnourished children in poverty stricken nations. One major symptom of this condition is a swollen abdomen due to fluid build-up (also known as ascites). Ascites also occurs in people with cirrhosis of the liver as the hepatocytes are destroyed.

a. Describe what happens normally to balance fluid loss with recovery as blood flows through capillaries throughout the body.

b. Explain why ascites will develop in these malnourished children and those with cirrhosis of the liver. Apply the pressures associated with fluid exchange at capillary beds to your explanation.

Explanation / Answer

Answer A)
- Normally, there is regular exchange of fluid between blood capilaries and body tissues.
- When there is low amount of fliud in blood capillaries, protein present in blood allows creating a pressure gradient. (oncotic pressure)
- This gradient facilitates the movement of fluid from the tisue back to the blood capillaries.
- Thus the fluid in blood capillaires is replenished.

Answer B)
Ascitis with malnourishhment

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