Micronutrient Deficiencies

Question 1

Which vitamin deficiency leads to peripheral neuropathy?

Answer 1

Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)

Question 2

Which vitamin deficiency leads to enteritis?

Answer 2

Biotin (vitamin B7)

Question 3

Which vitamin deficiency leads to megoblastic anaemia?

Answer 3

Folate (vit B9)

Question 4

Which vitamin deficiency leads to scurvy?

Answer 4

Vitamin C

Question 5

Which vitamin deficiency leads to xerophthalmia, keratomalacia, night blindness?

Answer 5

Retinol (vit A)

Question 6

Which vitamin deficiency leads to beri-beri, wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?

Answer 6

Thiamine (Vit B1)

Question 7

Which vitamin deficiency leads to skin and corneal lesions?

Answer 7

Riboflavin (vit B2)

Question 8

Which vitamin deficiency leads to Pellegra (4 D`s diarrhoea, dementia, dermatitis, death) ( due to niacin being required in area of high cell turn over)

Answer 8

Niacin (Vit B3)

Question 9

Which vitamin deficiency leads to paresthesia?

Answer 9

Pantothenic acid (vit B5)

Question 10

Which vitamin deficiency leads to rickets?

Answer 10

Vit D

Question 11

Which vitamin deficiency leads to neurological disease?

Answer 11

Vit E

Question 12

Which vitamin deficiency leads to haemorrhage?

Answer 12

Vit K

Question 13

Which omega deficiency leads to cardiovascular disease?

Answer 13

Omega 3 fats

Question 14

Which mineral deficiency leads to osteoporosis, spasm, laryngospasm, cardiac arrhythmias?

Answer 14

Calcium

Question 15

Which mineral deficiency leads to hypertension?

Answer 15

Magnesium

Question 16

Which mineral deficiency leads to atrophy / hypothyoidism

Answer 16

Selenium

Question 17

Which mineral deficiency leads to goitre/hypothyroidism?

Answer 17

Iodine