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Aani CP: Nutrition and metab Flashcards

1
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Where is Vit A stored?

A

Adipose tissue (fat soluble). Vit A is Retinol

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What is Retinol?

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Vit A

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What can lack of retinol (vit A) cause?

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Rod production impaired: Colour blindness or night blindness
Bitot’s spots
Dry hair and skin

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4
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How do you test for Vit A deficiency?

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Serum Vit A/Retinol levels

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5
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What can excess Vit A cause?

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Exfoliation hepatitis

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6
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What is Vit D? (another name)

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Cholecalciferol

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What can Vit D deficiency cause?

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Rickets/osteomalacia

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8
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How do you measure Vit D deficiency?

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Serum levels of pre-activated (25,hydroxyvit D)

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9
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What causes Pallegra?

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Vit B3 deficiency (Niacin)

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10
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What is Niacin?

A

Vit B3

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11
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How do you cure Wernicke Syndrome?

A

Pabrinex

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12
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What can be caused by low B1 (thiamin)?

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Wernicke’s encephalopathy Syndrome: triad of confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia
Beri Beri - wet or dry. Wet: oedema, cardiomegaly, dyspnoea. Dry: Ascending neuropathy
Kosafoff’s Syndrome: Irreversible confabulation, memory loss, lack of insight

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13
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What is Vit B6?

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Pyridoxine

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14
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What can be caused by low B6/Pyridoxine?

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Seborrhoeic Dermatitis
Sideroblastic Anaemia

Can be caused by TB treatment with izoniazid

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15
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What can lack of Vit K cause?

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Defective clotting/bleeding: ecchymosis, petechiae, haematomas, slow healing wounds

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16
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How can you test for Vit K deficiency?

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PT or INR

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17
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What can low Vit E cause?

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Haemolytic Anaemia
Increased risk of IHD
Areflexia & Ataxia

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18
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What can low B3/Niacin cause?

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Pallegra (4 Ds Diarrhoea/Dermatitis/Dementia/Death)

Dermatitis: Casal’s necklace distribution

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19
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What is pallegra? How is it caused?

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Caused by lack of B3/Niacin - leads to 4 Ds; diarrhoea, dementia, dermatitis. death
Dermatitis: Casal’s necklace distribution

MALNUTRITION (esp protein)
Need a deficiency in niacin AND tryptophan for Pallegra to ensue because tryptophan can be converted into protein

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How to test for B1/thiamin deficiency?

A

RBCs or Transkelotase

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21
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What is Vit B2?

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Riboflavin

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22
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What can low Vit B2/Riboflavin cause?

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Glossitis, angular stomatitis, corneal ulceration

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23
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How to test for Low B2/Riboflavin?

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RBCs and glutathion reductase

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24
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How do you test for low B6/Pyridoxine?

A

RBC AST activation

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25
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What is Vit B12?

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Cobalamin

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26
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What can low Vit B12 cause?

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  • Pernicious Anaemia –> megaloblastic anaemia with hypersegmented neutrophils
  • Degeneration of the cord –> babinski sign +
  • Ass. with other autoimmune conditions
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27
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How to test for B12 deficiency?

A

Shilling test, serum b12

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28
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What is Vit C?

A

Ascorbic Acid

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29
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What can low Vit C/Ascorbate cause?

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Poor collagen formation due to inability to make helices
Scurvy: 
gingivitis
bleeding in skin, joints, gums
Brittle bones
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30
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What can excess Vit C cause?

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Renal stones

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31
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What can low folate cause?

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Megaloblastic anaemia
SACDC (neural tube defects)
Beefy tongue
Peripheral neuropathy

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32
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What can low iron cause?

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Hypochromic anaemia/microcytic

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33
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Excess iron can cause…?

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Haemochromatosis - liver damage, pancreas failure etc

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34
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Testing for iron deficiency?

A

Serum Iron
FIBC/transferrin
Ferritin
FBC

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35
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What can low iodine cause?

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Hypothyroidism

Goitre

36
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Low Zinc can cause…?

A

Dermatitis

37
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Low Copper can cause…?

38
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Excess copper can cause…?

A

Wilson’s disease

39
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How do you test for coopper levels?

A

Caeruloplasmin

40
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What can low fluoride cause?

A

Dental caries

41
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What are the 4 key Gurthrie test conditions?

A

Phenylketouria
Hypothyroidism
CF
MCADD

42
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What is Phenylketouria? What happens?

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Deficiency in Phenylanaline Hydroxylase. That is needed to breakdown phenylanaline which is toxic. You get an increase is phenylanaline

43
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How to test for Phenylketouria?

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Measure blood phenylanaline levels

44
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Tx for Phenylketouria?

A

Give phenylanaline hydroxylase

45
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What is the feature of congenital hypothyroidism?

A

Agenesis/dysgenesis of the thyroid gland?

46
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How to screen for congenital hypothyroidism?

A

TSH levels

47
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What causes CF?

A

Defect in gene coding for CFTR protein (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator)

48
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What are the symptoms of CF?

A

Chest infections
Productive cough
Diarrhoea
Ductal blockages

49
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How to screen for CF?

A

If immune reactive tripsin is high, look for genetic defects

50
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What is MCAD?

A

Medium Chain AcylCoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Impairment of fatty acid oxidation

51
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What happens in MCAD?

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Impairment of fatty acid oxidation. Medium chains cannot be broken down into AcetylcoA

52
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What are the symptoms of MCAD?

A

Hypoglycaemia

Sudden Death

53
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Screening for MCAD?

A

Acylcarnitine levels by Mass Spectrometry

54
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Why is ammonia build up bad?

A

300+ can lead to coma

55
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What are the clinical features of urea cycle disorders?

A

Respiratory alkalosis
Hyperammonia
Vomiting without Diarrhoea

56
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Why is ammonia raised in urea cycle disorders?

A

Because the disorders prevent the ammonia from being broken down into urea

57
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Treatment of urea cycle disorders?

A

Remove ammonia and reduce protein intake

58
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How can you remove ammonia?

A

Sodium benzoate

59
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What is galactosaemia?

A

Gal-1-PUT deficiency

60
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What are the clinical features of galactosaemia?

Tx?

A 
Hepatomegaly
Cataracts
Mental Handicap
Conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia - jaundice 
Vom & Diarrhoea
Sepsis
Tx: galactose free diet
61
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What happens in galactosaemia?

A

Cannot break down galactose due to Gal-1-PUT deficiency. So there will be galactose in the urine. Lactose is broken down into glucose and galactose so it is seen when neonates drink milk.

62
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Which organism causes sepsis in galactosaemia?

63
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What is a clue that someone may have a mitochondria disorder?

A

Multiple systems are affected

64
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Types of mitochondria disorder?

A

MELAS
Barth
Kearns-Sayre

65
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What is MELAS?

A

Mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke like episodes

66
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What age does MELAS present?

67
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What age does Barth present?

68
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What age does Kearns-Sayre present?

69
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What is the most recognized laboratory abnormality in patients with mitochondrial disorders?

A

Lactic acidosis

70
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Why is lactate raised in mitochondria disorders?

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Because dysfunction in the electron transport chain causes pyruvate to rise which is turned into lactate

71
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When should lactate be low in normal people?

A

After fasting

72
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When is lactate high in normal people?

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In hypoxia e.g. after exercise

73
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What is the name for Vit E?

A

Tocopherol

74
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Symptoms of Phenylketonuria?

A
  • Fair hair (sometimes blue eyes)
  • Low IQ
  • Musty smell/mousy smell
  • Tested for in GUTHRIE test
75
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Symptoms of Maple Syrup Urine Disease

A

TRIAD of:

  • lethargy
  • poor feeding
  • hypotonia

Characteristic maple sweet smell, esp in urine.
SWEATY feet

76
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How does maple syrup urine disease come about?

A

Inborn error of metabolism of certain AAs:
valine
leucine
isoleucine

77
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Test for maple syrup urine disease?

A

Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

78
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Homocystinuria clinical findings?

A 
Brittle hair
Hypopigmentation in skin (pale)
developmental/learning delay
- seizures
- skeletal problems , hard to walk etc
- eye problems
79
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management of homocystinuria?

A
  • b6 (pyridoxine)
  • b12
  • folate
  • low methionine diet
80
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What happens in homocystinuria?

A

deficiency of cystathionine beta synthetase enzyme, build up of methionine in plasma and homocystine in blood and urea

81
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Features of Fabry’s?

A

It’s a lysozomal storage disorder:

  • body dismorphia (abnormality)
  • CHERRY RED SPOT
  • Organomegaly
  • developmental delay
82
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Which enzyme is defective in Fabry’s?

A

alpha galactosidase

83
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What is Vit B9?

84
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What happens in Tyrosinaemia?

A 
Cannot metabolise tyrosine.
There are 3 types.
Type 1 common in Canada/Quebec
Jaundice, failure to thrive, bloody stool CABBAGE smell
Hepatomegaly with liver failure
85
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Which pt groups are encouraged to reduce Vit A consumption?

A

Pregnant women.
Vit A can be teratogenic
E.g. found in liver (cos stored in liver)

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