1. Vitamins + Minerals Flashcards
Iron
Oxygen carrier
Enzyme Co-Factor
Iron deficiency anaemia Symptoms
◦ Angular stomatitis ◦ Smooth tongue ◦ Koilonychia ◦ fatigue
Iron excess
Organ damage Cirrhosis Diabetes
Iodine
Essential component of thyroid hormones
Iodine Deficiency Disorders
The ‘Derbyshire Neck’ Cretinism
The ‘Derbyshire Neck’- Iodine deficiency
Iodized salt is source and prevention
Cretinism
Iodine Deficiency
Zinc
Component of metalloenzymes
Structural component of cells
Zinc Deficiency
Acrodermatitis enteropathica
Failure to grow and thrive
Immune defects
Copper
Component of metalloenzymes
Copper deficiency
Growth failure
anaemia
hair and skin changes
Osteoporosis
Copper excess
Indian Childhood Cirrhosis
Wilsons Disease (transport defect)
Liver, kidney and brain damage
Selenium
Essential component of many proteins
Selenium deficiency
Keshan Disease (cardiomyopathy) China
Increase in malignancy (tissue specific)
Fat soluble vitamins
A, D, E , K
Vitamin A
Vision
skin integrity
immunity
Vitamin D
Bones and calcium balance