Vitamin deficiency neuropathy Flashcards
1
Q
Thiamin deficiency
A
Vit B1
chronic alcohol dependent pt where little food consumed / in starvation of any cause
2
Q
presentation of thiamin deficiency
A
wernicke-korsakoff syndrome
polyneuropathy
cardiac failure
3
Q
rx thiamin deficiency
A
thiamin for 3d im or iv
4
Q
thiamin always given before?
A
iv glucose
5
Q
pyridoxine deficiency
A
vitamin E6
sensory neuropathy
precipitated in isoniazid therapy for TB
prophylactic pyridoxine is given with it
6
Q
vitamin B12 deficiency
A
causes polyneuropathy and the syndrome of subacute combined degeneration of the cord
= distal sensory loss, absent ankle jerk, exaggerated knee jerk reflexes
7
Q
rx vit B12
A
intramuscular vitamin B12 which reverses the peripheral nerve damage but has little effect on the CNS (cord and brain signs)
