Supplemental therapy
Penicillin is a must have for the first eight to ten days of the patients with severe protein deficiency. In addition, supplementary iron therapy starts after one week of recovery passes. The doctors also give vitamin A when there are serious ocular lesions present and the whole blood transfusion might be necessary in the rare cases of severe anemia, shock, and collapse. Once a patients reaches the severe state of anemia, shock, or collapsing no lipoprotein preparations, vitamins, minerals, or special enzymes work other than transfusion of the whole blood.
The importance of protecting one from higher risk of infections and the need for understanding and sympathetic care is a lot greater in patients with severe protein deficiency. The expenses of hospitalization for kwashiorkor patients can reduce drastically by skipping the use of expensive proprietary preparations. You can effectively shorten your hospital stay by paying close attention to the fundamentals of treatment.