Table 2 Features of malnutrition noted in the skin, hair and nails of HIV-positive meningitis patients
From: Skin manifestations of malnutrition in HIV-positive meningitis patients
Characteristic | HIV |
|---|---|
Skin | |
Skin ulcers% | 16.4 |
Wasting% | 31.5 |
Hyperpigmentation% | 22.2 |
Pellagra% | 5.6 |
Breaks% | 1.9 |
Hair | |
Brittle% | 3.7 |
Depigmented % | 1.9 |
Alopecia% | 0 |
Nails | |
Leukonychia% | 5.6 |