Biochem nutrition Flashcards
(18 cards)
Vitamin A deficient
Retinal
Night blindness scaly skin
Vitamin B1 deficiency
Thiamine
- Impaired glucose breakdown, effect brain and heart
- malnutrition and alcoholism
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia
B1 (thiamine) deficient
Beriberi
Ber1ber1 = B1 deficit Dry= symmetrical wasting Wet= dilated cardiomyopathy
Vitamin B2 deficiency
FAD and FMN are derived from RiboFlavin
B2=2 ATP
B2 = 2 C’s; Cheilosis and Cornea vascularization
Vitamin B3 deficiency
NAD derived from Niacin (B3 = 3 ATP)
3 D’s of B3; Diarrhea, Dementia, Dermatitis
Hyperpigmentation sunexposed limbs
Hartnup disease
Deficient tryptophan, which convert to niacin so niacin deficient (B3)
Facial flushing most likely due to excess what?
Niacin
Vitamin B6 deficiency
Hyper irritability
Siderblastic anemia
Vitamin B7 deficient
AVIDin in egg white ps AVIDly binds biotin causing deficiency
Dermatitis
Vitamin B9 deficit
Folate deficient
Megaloblastic anemia, glossitis
Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Cobalamin
- Megablastic anemia
- Abnormal myelin= irreversible nerve damage
- Causes:malabsorption, lack intrinsic factor (pernicious anemia, gastric bypass), absent ileum, insufficient intake
Scurvy
- Vitamin c deficiency = Collagen synthesis defect
- Poor wound healing
- Corkscrew hair
Vitamin E deficient
Hemolytic anemia
Vitamin k deficiency
- K is for koagulation
- Neonatal hemorrhage with increased PT and aPTT, but normal bleed time
Zinc deficiency
Delayed wound healing, hypogonadism, decrease adult hair
Kwashiorkor
-Protein malnutrition
-Small child and swollen abdomen
-MEAL:
Malnutrition
Edema
Anemia
Liver (fatty)
Marasmus
Marasmus = Muscle wasting
Total calorie malnutrition
