Vitamin Deficiencies Flashcards
1
Q
Laughing gas (NO) causes a deficiency in which vitamin?
A
B12
2
Q
What vitamin deficiency is common in alcoholics (& malnutrition)?
A
Thiamine (B1)
(Leads to: Wernicke’s encephalopathy, Beri-Beri)
3
Q
What is pellagra?
A
Vitamin B3 deficiency
- isoniazid (no pyridoxine)
- developing countries
4
Q
What is the pellagra triad?
A
- dementia
- diarrhoea
- dermatitis