Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases Flashcards
Vitamins, minerals and diseases caused by their deficiency.
- Vitamin A (Retinol)
- Deficiency: night blindness.
- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
- Deficiency: beriberi.
- Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
- Deficiency: pellagra.
- Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)
- Deficiency: megaloblastic anaemia; neural tube defects in newborns.
- Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
- Deficiency: pernicious anaemia.
- Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
- Deficiency: scurvy.
- Vitamin D (Calciferol)
- Deficiency: rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults.
- Vitamin K
- Needed for blood clotting; deficiency causes excessive bleeding.
- Fat-soluble vitamins
- A, D, E and K.
- Iodine deficiency
- Goitre.
- Iron deficiency
- Anaemia.
- Kwashiorkor vs Marasmus
- Kwashiorkor: protein deficiency.
Marasmus: protein and calorie deficiency.