Nutrition Flashcards by Rakhitha Katangodage

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Fat soluble vitamins

A

ADEK

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Vitamin A (retinol) deficiency symptoms

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Colour blindness (retinitis pigmentosa)

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Vitamin A (retinol) excess symptoms

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Exfoliation
Hepatitis

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Vitamin A (retinol) test

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Serum

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Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) deficiency

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Osteomalacia
Rickets

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Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) excess

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Hypercalcaemia

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Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) test

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Serum

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Vitamin E (tocophenol) deficiency

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Anaemia/neuropathy/IHD

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Vitamin E (tocophenol) test

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Serum

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Vitamin K (phytomenadione) deficiency

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Defective clotting

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Vitamin K (phytomenadione) test

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PT

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Water soluble vitamins

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B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, C, Folate

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B1 (thiamine) deficiency

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Beri-Beri, wet = CVS, dry = neuro
Neuropathy
Wernicke syndrome

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B1 (thiamine) test

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RBC transketolase

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B2 (riboflavin) deficiency

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glossitis

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B2 (riboflavin) test

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RBC glutathione reductase

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B3 (niacin) deficiency

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Pellagra - dementia, dermatitis, diarrhoea

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B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency

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Dermatitis
Sideroblastic anaemia

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B6 (pyridoxine) excess

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Neuropathy

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B6 (pyridoxine) test

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RBC AST activation

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B12 (cobalamin) deficiency

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pernicious anaemia
subacute combined deegeneration of the cord

Q

B12 (cobalamin) test

A

Serum B12

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Vitamin C (Ascorbate) deficiency

A

Scurvy

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Vitamin C (Ascorbate) excess

A

renal stones

Vitamin C (Ascorbate) test

plasma

Folate deficiency

Megaloblastic anaemia Neural tube defects

Folate test

RBC folate

Key trace elements

Iron, iodine, zinc, copper, fluorine

Iron deficiency

Hypochromic anaemia

Iron excess

Haemochromatosis

Iron tests

FBC Fe and binding studies Ferritin

Iodine deficiency

Goitre Hypothyroidism

Iodine excess

Hypo/hyperthyroidism (Jod-Basedow/Wolf-Chaicoff effects)

Iodine test

TFTs

Zinc deficiency

Dermatitis

Zinc deficiency

Anaemia

Zinc excess

Wilson's

Zinc test

Cu Caeruloplasmin

Fluoride deficiency

Dental caries

Fluoride excess

Fluorosis

What nutrients are deficient in Crohn's

Terminal ileal - B12, ADEK Methotrexate - folate Chronic diarrhoea - calcium, phosphate, magnesium, zinc

What nutrients are deficient in coeliac

Iron ADEK, thiamine, B6

What nutrients are deficient in chronic liver disease

ADEK B12 Seleenium Magnesium Zinc Folate

What nutrients are deficient in chronic kidney disease

Protein energy wasting syndrome

What nutrients are deficient in pancreatic insufficiency

ADEK