Vitamin Deficiency Flashcards
1
Q
Vitamin A
A
Night blindness, conjunctival foamy patches
2
Q
Vitamin D
A
Rickets, osteomalacia
3
Q
Vitamin E
A
Spinocerebellar degeneration
4
Q
Vitamin K
A
Bleeding
5
Q
Causes of Vit E Def
A
Fat malabsorption, biliary atresia
6
Q
Causes of Vit K Def
A
Antibiotics
7
Q
Thiamine
A
(B1). Beri-beri, Wernicke-Korsakoff, polyneuropathy
8
Q
B1
A
Thiamine
9
Q
Riboflavin
A
(B2) Angular stomatitis, glossitis
10
Q
B2
A
Riboflavin
11
Q
Niacin
A
(B3) Pellagra - 4Ds
12
Q
B3
A
Niacin
13
Q
Causes of B3 Def
A
Alcoholism, isoniazid (through pyridoxine deficiency), low protein
14
Q
Pyridoxine
A
(B6). Peripheral neuropathy, dermatitis, glossitis.
15
Q
B6
A
Pyridoxine
