Nutrition Flashcards
Vit B1
thiamine
Phylloquinone
Vitamin K
B2
Riboflavin
B3
Niacin
B5
Panto (pento) thenic acid
B9
folate
B12
cyanocobalamin
xerophthalmia (dry eyes)
nyctalopia (night blindness)
Retinol (Vit A) deficiency
Beri beri:
what is it?
what does it cause?
Thiamine B1 deficiency
causes: mental confusion, peripheral paralysis, muscle weakness, tachycardia, cardiomegaly
vit def causing anemia, angular stomatitis, serborrheic dermatitis?
(SAD)
B2: Riboflavin (think of preemies on too much phototherapy w/ B goggles)
Pellagra?
What is it,
what does it cause?
Vitamin B3 Niacin deficiency
3Ds: Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhea
(3Ds of B3)
also glossitis.
Sx of pyridoxine deficiency and toxicity?
Def: swelling of tongue, rash, neuropathy w/ INH
Tox: neuropathy
S/e or toxicity of folate (B9)
irritability, can mask B12 deficiency
too much vit C can cause what?
oxalate and cysteine kidney stones
what vit can trigger hemolytic crisis in G6PD def?
Vit C
Vit deficiency causing anemia, neuropathy, loss of DTRs, muscle weakness?
E Tocopherol
Potential Vit E toxicity?
liver
Vitamin D tox?
Sx and Tx
Similar sx to what?
hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia (think of these leaving bone), n/v, weakness
Polyuria, polydipsia, elevated BUN, kidney stones, renal failure (think of Vit D, DM)
Tx w/ hydration, Na+K, Lasix.
Vit D2
Ergocalciferol (2cs = Vit D2)
Vit D3
Cholecalciferol (3Cs = Vit D3)
25-hydroxy Vit D
Calcidiol, hydroxylated in liver (1 liver, 1 number)
1, 25 hydroxycalciferol
activated / hydroxylated in kidney. Calcitriol.
Two kidneys
Rickets?
Caused by what
Lab values
Vit D def low 25 OH Vit D High alk phos High PTH nl Ca, phos usually Can occur in setting of liver dz and decr availability of bile salts