Vitamin Deficiency

Question 1

What is the chemical name of Vitamin A and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 1

Retinoids

Night-Blindness (Nyctalopia)

Question 2

What is the chemical name of Vitamin B1 and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 2

• Thiamine
• Berberi
  
  • Polyneuropathy, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
  • Heart failure

Question 3

What is the chemical name of Vitamin B3 and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 3

Niacin

Pellagra

• Dermatitis
• Diarrhoea
• Dementia

Question 4

What is the chemical name of Vitamin B6 and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 4

Pyridoxine

Anaemia, Irritability and seziures.

Question 5

What is the chemical name of Vitamin B7 and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 5

Biotin

Dermatitis, seborrhoea

Question 6

What is the chemical name of Vitamin B9 and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 6

Folic Acid

• Megaloblastic anaemia
• Deficiency during pregnancy –> neural tube defects.

Question 7

What is the chemical name of Vitamin B12 and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 7

Cyanocobalamin

• megaloblastic anaemia
• Peripheral neuropathy

Question 8

What is the chemical name of Vitamin C and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 8

Ascorbic acid

• Scurvy
  
  • Gingivitis
  • Bleeding

Question 9

What is the chemical name of Vitamin D and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 9

Ergocalciferol, Cholecalciferol

Rickets, osteomalacia

Question 10

What is the chemical name of Vitamin E and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 10

Tocopherol, Tocotrienol

• Mild haemolytic anaemia in newborn infants
• Ataxia
• Peripheral neuropathy

Question 11

What is the chemical name of Vitamin K and what deficiency state does it lead to?

Answer 11

Naphthoquinone

• Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn
• Bleeding diathesis