Final Diseases Flashcards
Vitamin B1 Deficiency (less than 1.2mg/day)
- Beriberi - lack of meat or lots of polished rice causes insufficient ATP, muscle wasting causes cardiovascular damage, CNS- confusion, loss of reflex, edema, mostly plagues alcoholics and sailors.
- Wernicke-Korsakoff - usually associated with alcoholism and poor diet. In these patients, ethanol prevents uptake of B1 causing dry Beriberi (CNS dysfunction), and wet Beriberi (cardiac dilated myopathy, edema)
Vitamin B2 deficiency (less than 1.2mg/day)
Lack of fortified cereals leads to glossitis and cheilosis. In alcoholics, you usually see cracked lips, dark red tongue, dermatitis, normocytic anemia, confusion.
Vitamin B3 deficiency (less than 14-16 mg/day
Lack of cereal, meat, or legumes in diet can lead to Pellagra which consists of diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia. Some diseases like Hartnup’s which prevents absorption of Tryptophan can also cause Pellagra.
Vitamin B3 excess (greater than 35mg/day)
Can be caused by a statin alternative via GPCR that reduce lipolysis (cholesterol)flushing, burning face, stomach irritation
Vitamin B6 excess (more than 500mg for months)
If you eat too much eggs, nuts, fish, yeast, legumes, Vitamin B6 can be toxic and cause peripheral neuropathy.
Vitamin B6 deficiency
Usually related to alcoholics or TB drug use that effects transaminases, decarboxylases, glycogen phosphorylases, and ALA. This can lead to stomatitis, peripheral neuropathy, glossitis, irritability, sideroblastic anemia, seizure
Biotin deficiency
Only get when you eat 20 raw egg whites because avidin of egg binds to biotin preventing it’s absorption.
THF deficiency
If you don’t eat enough fruit or leafy greens Megaloblastic anemia which is where protein synthesis is normal, but without DNA synthesis in bone marrow, so there’s growth without division.
Folate deficiency (less than 400 ug/day)
Can be caused by lack of B12 which rescues the pool of THF. Causes spina bifida, anencephaly
B12 deficiency (less than 2.4 ug)
Need to be made by microorganisms. Can be caused by lack of intrinsic factor from parietal cells (bariatric surgery), autoimmune disease, or lack of transcobalamine (malabsorption) which prevents it from being degraded. Causes folate deficiency, neurological demyelination (not seen in folate deficiency) megaloblastic anemia from lack of folate, and pernicious anemia from lack of intrinsic factor
Vitamin C deficiency
Can’t make collagen because no hydroxylation (no tyrosine or dopamine hydroxylase), scurvy, hemorrhagic gingival mucosa, catecholamine deficiency, no carnitine, more free radicals because vitamin C picks them up.
Vitamin A deficiency
Important to form prosthetic group for rhodopsin. Without it you get night blindness. Also need for growth and differentiation of epithelial because Vitamin A makes hormones that binds to zinc finger.
Vitamin D deficiency (lack of sunlight)
In children causes rickets because it is important for calcium reabsorption and mineralizing the bones. In adults causes osteomalacia
Vitamin D excess
Hypervitaminosis D is when vitamin D isn’t absorbed well leading to hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and metastatic calcification
Deficiency of Vitamin E
Abetalipoproteinemia which causes neurological abnormalities, fragile RBCs
Vitamin K deficiency
Extended bleeding, hemorrhage, neurological problems
Vitamin K excess
can cause clogging so you treat with anti clotting inhibitors of vitamin K epoxide redctase like dicumarol, coumarin, warfarin
Lipid malabsorption (steatorrhea)
Can be caused by Crohn’s, cystic fibrosis, celiac, cirrhosis, small bowel, abetaliopoproteinemia, which can lead to problems with liver, blocked bile duct, blocked pancreatic duct, or defective absorptive cells. Treat with low LCFAs, avoid starvation, and plenty of carbs.
Abetalipoproteinemia
malabsorption and deficient transport of fats, cholesterol, fat soluble vitamins, Leads to fatty stool (steatorrhea), or fat vitamin deficiency.
Biliary atresia
blockage of bile ducts carrying bile from the liver to the gallbladder
Celiac disease
immune disease where people cant eat gluten because it damages their small intestine due to flat microvili. Symptoms are diarrhea, bloating.
Cystic fibrosis
affects sweat and mucus glands caused by mutation in CFTR that causes thick mucus. This thick mucus causes the pancreatic ducts to get blocked, problems absorbing fats and fat soluble vitamins, and fatty stool Treat with no LCFA and vitamin supplements
Cholestasis
reduction or stop of bile flow from liver causing itching, dark urine, light stool. Treat with medication or surgery
Chronic pancreatitis
inflammation of the pancreas, reducing digestive enzymes to digest fat, protein, and carbohydrates in small intestine.
Crohn’s disease
IBD, can affect either mouth or anus, but usually affects small/large intestine. Symptoms are diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue
Lactose intolerance
the inability to digest lactose in dairy products because of lack the enzyme lactase
Whipple disease
bacterial infection in digestive system that affects how body breaks down fats and carbs
Side effects of Bile sequestrants
Bile sequestrants are another way to lower cholesterol. They prevent bile acid and cholesterol from being recycled which lowers LDL. Can cause bloating, constipation, and TG increase
Defects in this purine degradation enzyme cause immune deficiencies
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase
Defects in this purine degradation enzyme causes SCID
adenosine deaminase
What 5 things can cause gout?
Gout is caused by accumulation of uric acid. Underexcretion of uric acid, overproduction of uric acid, increase in PRPP synthetase, defects in glucose 6 phosphatase (von gierke), defects in HGPRTase for purine salvage.
What two defects in protein degradation can cause SCID
defect in adenosine deaminase or purine nucleoside phosphorylase
Acute and Chronic Gout
Acute you can treat with anti-inflammatories, and drugs. Chronic the goal is to decrease uric acid, example is to use allopurinol to inhibit xanthine oxidase
ADA Deficiency
Adenosine deaminase deficiency causes SCID, “bubble boy”. Leads to toxic build up of adenosine leading to death of lymphocytes. Usually diagnosed as baby
Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase deficiency
mostly affects T cells, increased dGTP
Orotic Aciduria types 1 and 2
Defect in UMP synthase (either the oroate phosphoribosyl transferase or the orotidylic acid decarboxylase). This is autosomal recessive and causes orotic aciduria, megaloblastic anemia, growth failure, development delays.
Defect in Beta aminoisobutyrate
causes beta aminoisobutyric aciduria
APRT deficiency
autosomal recessive, impacts kidneys, urinary tract, and causes renal stones or DHA nephropathy
HGPRT mutation or deficiency
Partial mutation you get gout. But if you’re deficient you have Lesch Nyhan which is X linked recessive and leads to over production of uric acid and overexcretion.
Lesch Nyhan
HGPRT deficiency. Causes inability to salvage hypoxanthine or guanine. This causes increased purine degradation and more uric acid produced. Leads to hyperuricemia, hyperuricosuria, megaloblastic anemia, gouty arthritis, mental retardation, and self mutalation
Methotrexate
a structural analog of DHF to limit tetrahydrofolate availability for dTMP synthesis; can treat psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
What’s difference between B12 deficiency and folate deficiency?
Even though both cause megaloblastic anemia, only B12 has neurological dysfunction with it. Folate deficiency you get spina bifida.
Which enzyme defect in pyrimidine degradation causes no problems, and appears most in Asian populations?
B-aminoisobutyric transaminase
Sulfanomides
Inhibits dihydropteroate synthase to inhibit folate synthesis.Often prescribed with Trimethoprim which inhibits DHF reductase.
6-Mercatopurine
Competes with hypoxanthine and guanine for hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRTase). Product (thioIMP) inhibits reactions involving IMP to block de novo purine nucleotide synthesis; antimetabolite
Which nucleotide analog is used for treatment of rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, and suppresses T-cell proliferation?
Leflunomide
Which population of patients can benefit from Hydroxyurea?
patients with myeloproliferative disorders and sickle cell because it causes inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase
Mycophenolate & Ribavarin
Inhibit synthesis of guanine nucleotides by competitively inhibiting IMP dehydrogenase.
Hypocalcemia
extremely low extracellular calcium leads to tetany/muscle spasm; treat with Vitamin D to increase intestinal calcium absorption, or release of PTH to do bone/kidney reabsorption and phosphate release.
Hypercalcemia
Kidney stones
Hematochromatosis
A disease caused by iron overload due to mutation in hepcidin gene. Iron absorption is not inhibited so iron accumulates in liver; Liver damage (primary), Diabetes (secondary). Treat with:
Phlebotomy
Blood donation
Iron Deficiency
One of the most common micronutrient deficiencies
Causes of iron deficiency: Acute massive hemorrhage, blood loss, Growth, Pregnancy, Replacing iron cookware with aluminum and Teflon-coated pots.
Or Microcytic hypochromic anemia:
Small RBC
Low hemoglobin content
Coper deficiency-mediated iron deficiency
Zinc deficiency
Acrodermatitis enteropathica,Poor wound healing,
Hair loss, Neuropsychiatric implications, Decreased taste acuity, and in children causes poor growth and testicular atrophy
Wilson Disease
An Autosomal recessive disease when Intestinal absorption biliary excretion (ATP7B) is blocked.
Causes Copper accumulation, Liver (liver damage)
Brain (Neurological degradation), Gold or greenish ring in cornea, Hepatolenticular degeneration
Treated with penicillamine
A Rare X-linked recessive ATP-dependent transporter (ATP7A) deficiency that blocks copper from entering through portal vein. Causes: Growth retardation, Mental deficiency, Seizure, Arterial aneurysm, Bone demineralization, and death
Iodine deficiency
can cause spontaneous abortion, birth defects, irreversible impairment of brain and physical development
Genetic sideroblastic anemia
X-linked mutation in ALA synthase
Aquired sideroblastic anemia
Vitamin B6 deficiency: inadequate diet, alcoholism, isoniazoid