Vitamins

Question 1

What vitamin is found in a diet lacking fruits and green vegetables

Answer 1

Vitamin C

Question 2

What vitamin deficiency can lead to scurvey

Answer 2

Vitamin C

Question 3

What vitamin deficiency is ascorbic acid

Answer 3

Vitamin C

Question 4

What are some signs and sx of vitamin C deficiency

Answer 4

Malaise, weakness, vascular fragility, recurrent hemmorages in gums skin and joints, impaired healing

Question 5

What vitamin deficiency has hyperkeratosis, hemorrhage, and hematologic

Answer 5

Vitamin C

Question 6

Name the deficiency: a pt comes to you with weakness, and feeling tired. She states that she has some red spots in her gums, and she has a wound on her leg that hasn’t been healing.

Answer 6

Vitamin C

Question 7

What is the vitamin D deficiency called in children? What about adults?

Answer 7

Ricketts in children

Osteomalacia in adults

Question 8

What is ricketts?

Answer 8

Vitamin D deficiency in children

Question 9

Name the disorder: a child comes to you with his 3rd fracture of the year. When walking in you notice he has a bowing of his legs. He is also complaining of weakness

Answer 9

Vitamin D or rickets

Question 10

Name the disorder : A 49 y/o male comes to you with diffuse muscle pain. He states that he has a hx of 4 fractures just this year and feels like he is getting weaker.

Answer 10

Vitamin D or osteomalcia

Question 11

What is the treatment of a vitamin D deficiency ?

Answer 11

Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D)

Question 12

What is the function of vitamin A

Answer 12

Vision, immune function, embryo development, hematopoiesis skin and cellular health

Question 13

Name some sx of vitamin A deficiency

Answer 13

Visual changes, impaired immunity, squamous metaplasia, bitot spots, alopecia, xeropthalmia

Question 14

What type of vision changes are seen in vitamin A deficiency

Answer 14

Night blindness

Question 15

What are bitot spots and what deficiency are they seen in

Answer 15

White spots on conjuntivia seen in vitamin A deficiency

Question 16

What vitamin is known for its thiamine deficiency

Answer 16

Vitamin B1

Question 17

What vitamin is known for riboflavin deficiency

Answer 17

Vitamin B2

Question 18

What vitamin is known as niacin/nicotine acid

Answer 18

Vitamin B3

Question 19

What vitamin is known for Pyridoxine deficiency

Answer 19

Vitamin B6

Question 20

What vitamin is known for a cobalamine deficiency

Answer 20

Vitamin B 12

Question 21

What is the most common cause of a vitamin B1 deficiency

Answer 21

ETOH

Question 22

What are the 3 types of thiamine deficiency

Answer 22

Beriberi
Wenicke’s encephalopathy
Korsakoff’s dementia

Question 23

What are some sx of dry beriberi

Answer 23

Vitamin B1 deficiency

Parasthesias, demyelination, peripheral neuropathy, muscle cramps and wasting

Question 24

What are some sx of wet beriberi

Answer 24

High output failure, dilated cardiomyopathy edema

Question 25

Name the deficiency: A pt comes to you with edema and high output failure, and a dilated cardiomyopathy

Answer 25

Wet beriberi with a vitamin B1 deficiency

Question 26

Name the Vitamin B1 deficiency : a pt comes to you with paralysis of the eyes, difficultly walking, and global confusion

Answer 26

Wernicke's encephalopathy

Question 27

Name the Vitamin B1 deficiency : memory loss, confabulation, and its irreversible

Answer 27

Korsakoff's dementia

Question 28

Name the deficiency: a pt comes to you with a pink tongue, sores around the mouth, photophobia and lesions on their genitals

Answer 28

Riboflavin or B2 deficiency

Question 29

What are the sx of a B2 deficiency

Answer 29

Oral-ocular-genital syndrome Oral: lesions on mouth, magenta tongue, angular chelates Ocular: photophobia, corneal lesions, Genital: scrotal dermatitis

Question 30

What is another name for a B2 deficiency

Answer 30

Riboflavin

Question 31

Name the deficiency: a pt comes to you with sx of diarrhea, memory loss, and a rash on their body

Answer 31

Niacin/nicotine acid, B3 deficiency

Question 32

Name another term for a B3 deficiency

Answer 32

Niacin/nicotinic acid

Question 33

Name some common sx of a B3 deficiency

Answer 33

Diarrhea, dementia, and dermatitis

Question 34

What vitamin deficiency can be due to diets high in corn or lack tryptophan

Answer 34

Niacin/nicotinic acid (B3) deficiency

Question 35

What deficiency can be due to alcoholism, isoniazid, and oral contraceptives

Answer 35

Pyridoxine (B6) deficiency

Question 36

What is another name for a B6 deficiency

Answer 36

Pyridoxine

Question 37

Name some sx of a B6 deficiency

Answer 37

Peripheral neuropathy, flaky skin, headache, anemia, sore tongue, seizures

Question 38

Name the deficiency: A pt comes to you with tingling on his lower extremities and a decreased sensation, he states that he feels his skin is flaking off, and has had a HA for a couple days

Answer 38

Pyridoxine (B6) deficiency

Question 39

What is another name for a B12 deficiency

Answer 39

Cobalimine deficiency

Question 40

What are some sx of a B12 deficiency

Answer 40

``` Neuro sx (parastheisis, gait, abnormal memory loss, dementia), GI sx (anorexia and diarrhea) Macrocytic anemia with hypersegmented neutrophils ```

Question 41

Name the disorder: a pt comes to you with memory loss, tingling in his hands, diarrhea, and not eating

Answer 41

B 12

Question 42

What disorder has macrocytic anemia with hypersegmented neutrophils

Answer 42

B12 or Cobalamine

Question 43

Name a type of B12 deficiency

Answer 43

Pernicious anemia

Question 44

Name the disorder: A pt comes to you with autoimmune destruction of gastric parietal cells that secrete intrinsic factor

Answer 44

Pernicious anemia (vitamin B12)

Question 45

How do you dx pernicious anemia ?

Answer 45

Schilling test or AB test

Question 46

How do you treat vitamin B12 deficiency

Answer 46

IM or oral B12

Question 47

What are some ppl who may have a vitamin B 12 deficiency

Answer 47

Strict vegans, ETOH, malabsorption, atrophic gastritis