Nutrition: Vitamin/mineral Deficiencies and Toxicities Flashcards
What is a consequence of a Vitamin A deficiency?
Night blindness
What are the consequences of Vitamin A toxicity?
Loss of appetite, bone pain, hypercalemia
What are the consequences of a Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency?
Wernicke’s encephalopathy with neurodegeneration
What are the consequences of a Vitamin B1 (thiamine) toxicity?
toxicity is rare
What are the consequences of a Vitamin B3 deficiency?
Pellagra with 4 D’s: Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Dementia, and Death
What are the consequences of a Vitamin B3 toxicity?
Abnormal glucose metabolism, flushing, nausea, and vomiting
What are the consequences for a B12 deficiency?
Pernicious anemia, psychiatric disorders
Are there any toxicity consequences for B12?
Toxicity unknown
What is a consequence of a biotin deficiency?
Hair loss
Are there any toxicity consequences for Biotin?
Toxicity unknown
What are the consequences for a Vitamin C deficiency?
Bleeding tendency, scurvy
What are the consequences for a Vitamin C toxicity?
Inhibits zinc absorption, urinary stones, diarrhea
What are the consequences for a Vitamin D Deficiency?
rickets, bone disease, muscle pain, falls
What are the consequences for a Vitamin D Toxicity?
Hypercalcemia, renal stones, calcification of soft tissues
What are the consequences of a copper deficiency?
Anemia, skin lesions, neurological disease, bone fragility
What are the consequences of a copper toxicity?
Found in Wilson’s disease; neuron and liver cell damage
What are the consequences of a magnesium deficiency?
Hypertension, dysrhythmia, preeclampisa
What are the consequences of a magnesium toxicity?
Increased calcium excretion
What are the consequences of an iron deficiency?
Anemia, fatigue, poor growth
What are the consequences of iron toxicity?
Hemochromatosis (genetic) with liver, pancreatic, and cardiac damage
What are the consequences of Zinc deficiences?
Dermatitis, impaired taste, impaired growth, low level of alkaline phosphatase enzyme
What are the consequences of a Zinc toxicity?
Copper deficiency, renal damage, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea