Vitamins Flashcards
(36 cards)
Thiamine
B1
Cobalamin
B12
Niacin
B3
Biotin
B7
Folate
B9
Riboflavin
B2
Pantothenic Acid
B5
Pyridoxine
B6
Ascorbic Acid
C
Retinol
A
Night Blindness, Dry skin
Vitamin A deficiency
Arthralgias, fatigue, headache, skin changes, alopecia, teratogenic, sore throat
Vitamin A excess
Impaired glucose breakdown: highly aerobic tissues affected first. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome and beriberi
Thiamine deficiency
Polyneuritis, symmetrical muscle wasting
Dry beriberi
high-output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy), edema
West beriberi
confusion, opthalmoplegia, ataxia
Triad for Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Permanent damage in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Memory loss
Nucleus damaged with wernicke-korsakoff
medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus and mammillary bodies
Cheilosis and corneal vascularization
B2 deficiency
Cheilosis
inflammation of lips, scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth
Glossitis, diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia
Pellagra/B3 deficiency
Facial flushing
B3 excess
Dermatitis, eteritis, alopecia, adrenal insufficiency
B5 deficiency
Convulsions, hyperirritability, peripheral neuropathy, sideroblastic anemia
B6 deficiency