BACKGROUND INFO. - An infant presents with constant diarrhea, failure to thrive

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BACKGROUND INFO. - An infant presents with constant diarrhea, failure to thrive (not growing and not gaining weight appropriately), and generalized edema. Blood test shows that the infant has hypoproteinemia (low protein levels in the blood). A sample of duodenal juice and the duodenal mucosa indicates that the infant has low enterokinase activity and low trypsin activity.If enterokinase is added to the duodenal juice sample, trypsin activity returns to the normal range. Based on the tests, the infant is diagnosed with a very rare disorder: enterokinase deficiency.

QUESTION - Explain the process by which the infant has developed generalized edema. (120 words or less. Please do not just copy paste something from google)

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The edema is the condition during which the infant develop the swelling or enlargement of the organs in the body due to the accumulation of the fluid. the Infants due to malnutrition or the low protein could be the reason for edema in this case. the infant may develope the weight.

The enetropeptidase or the enterokinase deficiency cause the low serum protein, chronic diarrhea and Generalised edema. These enterokinases are present in the intestinal brush borders of proximal small intestine.The protein digestion is mainly associated with the activity of the enterokinase.The deficiency of this enzyme is identified as the autosomal recessive triat.The protein malabsorbtion in the infants is observed due to deficiency of this enzyme.

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