MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY Flashcards
(54 cards)
vision, maintenance of healthy skin cells, growth and development, fights infections, boosts the immune system
VITAMIN A
(retinol)
5 Vitamin A deficiencies
- Night blindness
- Bitot’s Spots- foamy whitish lesions found in the cornea
- Corned ulceration / scarring
- Scaly and dry skin
- Xeropthalmia- inability to produce tears
Vitamin A rich foods
- Yellow or orange fruits and vegetables: squash, carrots, papaya, mangoes
- Some green vegetables: Alugbati, spinach, malunggay, kangkong, saluyot, kamote tops
- Animal sources: eggs, chicken meat
- Processed foods: cheese, fortified milk
Vitamin A supplementation
Children every?
6 months
Vitamin A dosage Children 6-11 months
100,000 IU [blue color]
Vitamin A dosage Children 12-71 months
200,000 IU [red color]
when not to give Vitamin A?
- During 1st Trimester [organogenesis is developing, more Vitamin A maay lead to embryonic fetal defect and abn. fetal development]
- During 4 months when the mother is already taking Vitamin A
- Postpartum do not give within 4 weeks [to prevent teratogenic effects]
when should Vitamin A be given?
- Pregnant mother [2x/week] = 10,000 IU
- At 4 moths when the mother is not yet taking Vitamin A
- Within 6-8 months postpartum and the involution has returned = 200,000 IU
Example of STAPLE FOODS covered in the Philippine Food Fortification Program (Food Fortification Law) or the RA 8976
- RICE w/ Iron
- SUGAR w/ Vit. A
- COOKING OIL w/ Vit. A
- FLOUR w/ Iron & Vit. A
- SALT w/ Iodine
Example of PROCESSED FOODS covered in the Philippine Food Fortification Program (Food Fortification Law) or the RA 8976
- Noodles
- Snacks
- Foods
Look for when looking for fortified food items.
SANGKAP PINOY SEAL PROGRAM
Food Fortification Law
RA 8976
Mandatory fortification of processed foods: noodles, snack foods w/ iron and vit. A
When looking for fortified food items look for
SANGKAP PINOY SEAL
SANGKAP PINOY RICH FOODS PREVENT P-V-I-I
Deficiency in
1. Protein,
2. Vit A,
3. Iron and
4. Iodine
Use in the production of hemoglobin, a protein component of RBCs that carries oxygen.
IRON
Deficiency in Iron is called?
10 Anemia
s/sx of Iron Deficiency
- fatigue
- SOB
- pale skin
Total Iron loss during pregnancy
500mg
Average monthly blood loss and iron loss
45mL blood; 22mg iron
Daily iron loss
1mg / daily
ANEMIA ASSESSMENT
Iron Deficiency:
1. VIRSON PLUMMER’S SYNDROME
a. Stomatitis
b. Dysphagia
c. Atrophic Glossitis [rough and sore tongue]
Iron Deficiency: 2.CHEILOSIS
dry cracked lips
Iron Deficiency: 3.KOILONYCHIA
spoon-shaped finger nails/concave
Iron Deficiency: 4.PICA
craving of non-edible substances
