Nutritional Disorders Flashcards

1
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Water Soluble Vitamins

A

B vitamins and Vitamin C

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2
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Fat-soluble vitamins

A

Vitamins A, D, E, K

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3
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B1

A

Thiamine

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4
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B2

A

Riboflavin

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5
Q

B3

A

Niacin

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6
Q

B6

A

Pyridoxine

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7
Q

B12

A

Cyancobalamin

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8
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Vitamin C

A

Ascorbic Acid

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9
Q

Refined grains such as rice may lose this vitamin

A

B1 Thiamine

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10
Q

Thiamine

A

B1

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11
Q

Alcoholic are likely to be deficient in this vitamin

A

B1 Thiamine

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12
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This vitamin maintains neural membranes and nerve conduction, especially PERIPHERAL NERVES

A

B1 Thiamine

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13
Q

Who discovered B1 deficiency?

A

Christiaan Eijkman

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14
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Vitamin B1 deficiency leads to a sever nervous system disorder

A

Beriberi

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15
Q

3 types of Beriberi

A
  1. Dry
  2. Wet
  3. Wernicke Encephalopathy & Korsakoff’s Psychosis
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16
Q

Peripheral polyneuoropathy may be cause by this

A

DRY Beriberi deficiency (B1)

*Affects the NERVOUS SYSTEM

17
Q

Dry Beriberi may manifest…

A

Wrist drop, foot drop, toe drop

18
Q

Symptoms of Wet Beriberi

A
Enlarged heart
Flabby myocardium
Peripheral vasodilation
Cardiac failure
Putting edema
Dual was, orthopenia
19
Q

Symptoms of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy

A
Global confusion
Apathy
Listlessness
Disorientation
Opthalmoplegia
20
Q

Korsakoff’s psychosis

A
  1. Amnesia is BOTH
    - Retrograde
    - Anterograde
  2. Inability to acquire new info!
  3. Confabulation- memory disturbance, create stories, misinterpret memories
21
Q

Mammillary bodies in the brain are the result of what vitamin deficiency?

A

Vitamin B1…. Wernicke’s Encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s Psychosis

22
Q

Riboflavin

A

B2

23
Q

Deficiency usually seen with

  • cheilosis (Chelitis)
  • glossitis (tongue- red, swollen)
  • superficial keratitis (cornea hardening)
  • dermatitis
A

Ariboflavinosis

24
Q

Cornea hardening that may occur in ariboflavinosis

A

Superficial Interstitial Keratitis

25
Q

Which Beriberi involves the nervous system?

A

⚡️Dry Beriberi- nervous system
💗 Wet Beriberi- heart

🧠 Wernicke’s and Korsakoff’s- mammillary bodies in brain

26
Q

Does vitamin B2 affect the nervous system?

A

NO!

B2 does not affect the nervous system

27
Q

Niacin

A

B3
Nicotine’s acid
Nicotinamide

28
Q

How is niacin produced?

A

Produced via gut flora from TRYPTOPHAN

29
Q

Nick Dates Pellegra 4 times!!!!

A
Niacin-
4 D’s- PELLEGRA
1. diarrhea
2. dermatitis 
3. dementia
4. death! 💀
30
Q

Casal’s necklace associated with what vitamin deficiency?

A

Niacin deficiency called Pellegra/ dermatitis

31
Q

Pyridoxine

A

Vitamin B6

32
Q

What vitamin was highlighted in class is THERMOLABILE and may be destroyed by just a small amount of heat?

A

B6, pyridoxine

33
Q

ESTROGENS and IONIAZID and D-PENICILLAMINE competes with which vitamin?

A

B6, pyridoxine

34
Q

Organic core of urinary tract stones forms a clump of epithelial cells from inside bladder and grows larger and larger to form stones and sloughs epithelial cells!!!!!

A

NIDUS

35
Q

Sloughing of epithelial cells in Vitamin B6 deficiency may be caused by…

A

NIDUS

Seborrheic dermatitis

36
Q

Symptom is of B6 deficiency

A
Cheilosis/chilitis
Glossitis
Peripheral polyneuropathy
Convulsions in babies
Sloughing of epithelial cells (NIDUS, seborrheic dermatitis)