Nutrition John Frewin Is a Young Child Case Study

Nutrition

John Frewin is a young child who lives with his parents. The 12-year-old is on a sustaining income of his parents. The parents of the child are low-income earners. The amount they receive can only sustain partial needs of the family thus aspects of the poor state of the society. John Frewin was diagnosis of Crohn's disease was at the age of 10 through a critical examination in the health institution. The main objective of this research exercise is to integrate ABCD's of nutritional assessment in the evaluation of Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease or Crohn syndrome refers to a condition involving inflammation of the lining of the digestive system (Ferrara & Saccomano, 2012). This disease affects the intestines as well as rare cases in any place from the mouth to the end of the rectum. The cause of Crohn syndrome is unknown. Despite this aspect, various elements might contribute towards this disease. The factors include genetics, the immune system, previous infection, and environmental factors.

Anthropometrics Assessment

This examination revealed that John was malnourished thus projection of a lesser body mass index under the influence of the inflammatory bowel disease.John has experienced a dramatic weight change in relation to the recent weight examination. This is an expression of a lower body mass index in comparison to the 'ideal' body weight. In this examination, edema or aspect of dehydration might skew accurate weight measurements. This will demand the need to focus on the execution of various assessments.

Relevant biochemical tests

In this aspect of assessment, there is need to execute relevant biochemical tests. This section of the assessment will focus on the integration of lab work with both sensitive and specific lab tests on the protein status and levels. This section focuses on the three critical examinations: calorie malnutrition, Albumin, and prealbumin. Calorie malnutrition test focuses on the examination of nutritional problem that might affect John Frewin. Another critical test on John was intestinal permeability with the aim of determining the clinical course in Crohn's According to this examination or lab tests, there was vitamin A deficiency as well as lower statuses of protein (Siroy & Wasman, 2012). This is because of aspects of malnutrition in relation to the economic and social statuses of the parents of John Frewin.

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