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Question 1

Deficiency of what vitamin causes Night blindness?

Answer 1

Vitamin A (retinol)

Question 2

Deficiency of what vitamin causes Pellagra?

Answer 2

Vitamin B3 (niacin)

Pellagra = 4 D’s, Dementia, Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Death

Question 3

Deficiency of what vitamin causes Beri Beri?

Answer 3

Vitamin B1 (thiamine)

Question 4

Deficiency of what vitamin causes capillary fragility and scurvy?

Answer 4

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Question 5

Deficiency of what vitamin causes Rickets (Osteomalcia- bone softening)?

Answer 5

Vitamin D

Question 6

Deficiency of what vitamin causes Cheilosis?

Answer 6

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

Question 7

Deficiency of what vitamin causes Glossitis?

Answer 7

Vitamin B9 (folic acid)

Question 8

Deficiency of what vitamin from alcoholism causes Wernicke Kosakoff syndrome?

Answer 8

Vitamin B1 (thiamine)

Question 9

Deficiency of what vitamin is a megaloblastic (microcytic) anemia seen in alcoholics?

Answer 9

Vitamin B9 (folic acid)

Question 10

Deficiency of what vitamin is a megaloblastic anemia (positive Schilling test)?

Answer 10

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)

Question 11

Deficiency of what vitamin causes bleeding gums, poor wound healing, bruises easily, and swollen gums?

Answer 11

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Question 12

Deficiency of what vitamin presents with Rachitic rosary near the sternum and Saber shin?

Answer 12

Vitamin D

Question 13

What vitamin is used to treat carpal tunnel syndrome?

Answer 13

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Question 14

Smokers are often deficient and should supplement this vitamin into their diet?

Answer 14

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Question 15

What vitamin masks the symptoms of a Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency?

Answer 15

Vitamin B9 (folic acid)

Question 16

What vitamin is recommended for peripheral nerve healing?

Answer 16

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Question 17

Hypervitaminosis of this vitamin causes yellow/orange skin with normal sclera?

Answer 17

Vitamin A (retinol)

Beta-carotenemia = is the presence of the orange pigment carotene in the blood from excessive intake of carrots or other vegetables containing the pigment resulting in increased serum carotenoids.

Question 18

What vitamin is used as an antioxidant for the cardiovascular system?

Answer 18

Vitamin E (tocopherol)

Question 19

What vitamin is used to treat hypercholesterolemia, a natural anti-inflammatory?

Answer 19

Omega 3 fatty acid

Question 20

This vitamin is made by intestinal flora and used for clotting, and injected into newborns at the hospital?

Answer 20

Vitamin K

Question 21

Toxic doses of this vitamin produce damage to the hair, nails, and skin?

Answer 21

Selenium

Question 22

This vitamin is essential for diabetics?

Answer 22

Chromium

Question 23

What vitamin is necessary for prostate health, wound healing, and the immune system?

Answer 23

Zinc

Question 24

Anticoagulants are contraindicated with a deficiency of what vitamin?

Answer 24

Vitamin K

Question 25

What vitamin is used as a glucose tolerance factor?

Answer 25

Chromium

Question 26

A patient with pain in their legs at night improve with supplementation of what vitamin?

Answer 26

Vitamin B9 (folic acid)

Question 27

What is the most common deficiency in children, NOT in warm climates?

Answer 27

Vitamin D

Question 28

What is the number one mineral deficiency in the world?

Answer 28

Iron

Question 29

What is the number one mineral deficiency in the United States?

Answer 29

Calcium

Question 30

What vitamin is destroyed by antibiotic therapy?

Answer 30

Vitamin K

Question 31

This vitamin is associated with connective tissue healing?

Answer 31

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Question 32

Pregnancy increases the demand of this vitamin to prevent neural tube defects?

Answer 32

Vitamin B9 (folic acid)

Question 33

This vitamin is considered a natural diuretic?

Answer 33

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Question 34

A patient with Posterolateral sclerosis (combined system disease) may present with a deficiency of what vitamin?

Answer 34

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)

Question 35

What vitamin is needed for iron absorption?

Answer 35

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Question 36

Supplementation of this vitamin causes increased bone density?

Answer 36

Vitamin D