TB looks like malnutrition and makes malnutrition worse
TB patients resemble malnourished people & TB is overlooked 1
- 12-30% of children with malnutrition in high risk areas may have TB 2
- Treating underlying TB improves weight gain
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More wasting due to combined malnutrition and TB leads to more deaths.
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Giving patients nutritional support improves TB 3
- Children are at a high energy state, and will need more nutrition when suffering from TB
Malnutrition puts children at risk for TB & makes TB worse
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