nutritional diseases

Question 1

dryness in eyes; severe and sometimes fatal infections in children; tissues covering digestive tract, urinary tract, or respiratory tract become dry, hard, thicker, and susceptible to infection; partial or full night blindness; and dry, scaly, shriveled skin. what vitamin deficiency is this?

Answer 1

vitamin A deficiency

Question 2

Vitamin A is a yellow substance called what?

Answer 2

carotene

Question 3

what B vitamin is in yeast, rice bran, whole grain flour, meat, dried beans and peas?

Answer 3

vitamin B1

Question 4

fatigue, depression, irritability, low blood pressure, and loss of appetite are symptoms of the lack of what B vitamin?

Answer 4

Vitamin B1

Question 5

Beriberi is a disease of what B vitamin deficiency?

Answer 5

vitamin B1

Question 6

swelling of limbs, weak heart, painful legs, and paralysis of the nerves are symptoms of what disease?

Answer 6

Beriberi

Question 7

liver, lean meat, and whole grains are found in what B vitamin?

Answer 7

vitamin B3

Question 8

pellagra is a deficiency of what B vitamin?

Answer 8

vitamin B3

Question 9

inflaming of the mouth with redness and soreness of the tongue; cracking of the skin on the back of the hands and forearms; diarrhea, vomiting, and loss of appetite; and headache, irritability, anxiety, and muscular weakness are symptoms of what disease?

Answer 9

pellagra