23. Vitamin Deficiency

Question 1

• loss of sensitivity to green light
• nyctalopia
• xerophthalmia
• blindness
• Keratinization of skin

Answer 1

vit A deficiency

Question 2

• hemolytic anemia

* nerve and muscle membrane damage

Answer 2

vit E deficiency

Question 3

hemorrhagic disease in newborns

Answer 3

vit K deficiency

Question 4

• deficiency of this vitamin causes
• amnesia
• confabulation
• hallucination

Answer 4

korsakoff syndrome –vit B1 thiamine deficiency

Question 5

Wernicke encephalopathy

Answer 5

vit 1 thiamine deficiency

Question 6

dry skin,
irritability,
disordered thinking
progressive paralysis

Answer 6

adult beriberi

Question 7

seborrheic dermatitis
cheilosis
angular stomatitis
desquamation and inflammation of the tongue

Answer 7

vit b2 riboflavin

Question 8

diarrhea
dermatitis
dementia

Answer 8

pellagra

vit B3 niacin deficiency

Question 9

possible etiologies of pellagra

Answer 9

corn-based diet
harnup disease
carcinoid syndrome
isoniazid

Question 10

is an autosomal recessivemetabolic disorder affecting the absorption of nonpolar amino acids (particularly tryptophan that can be, in turn, converted into serotonin, melatonin, and niacin)

Answer 10

Hartnup disease

Question 11

peripheral nerve damage

nutritional melalgia, or burning food syndrome

Answer 11

vit B5 pantothenic acid

Question 12

• glossitis and neuropathy

* disordes ofamino acid metabolism

Answer 12

vit B6 pyridoxine

Question 13

• megaloblastic anemia

* neural tube defects

Answer 13

vit B9

folic acid deficiency

Question 14

possible causes of folid acid deficiency

Answer 14

inc demand
poor intestinal absorption
alcoholism
folate antagonists 
folate trap - functional folate deficiency from B 12 deficiency

Question 15

•pernicious anemia

Answer 15

vit B12 cobalamin deficiency

Question 16

• megaloblastic anemia

* subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord

Answer 16

vit B12 deficiency

Question 17

•scurvy

Answer 17

vit C deficiency

Question 18

• impaired fat and carb metabolism

* dermatitis, glossitis, loss of appetite, nausea

Answer 18

biotic

vit H

Question 19

undermineralized bone in children

Answer 19

rickets- Vit D deficiency

Question 20

demineralized bones in adults

Answer 20

osteomalacia - vit D deficiency