Vitamin Deficiencies

Question 1

Night-blindness, xerophthalmia (dry cornea and conjunctiva)

Answer 1

Vitamin A

Question 2

Dental caries, altered, hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, cupping and fraying at the distal ends of the radius and ulna, enlargements of the costochondral junctions (rachitic rosary) and thickening of the wrists, craniotabes (pingpong ball feeling in back of head

Answer 2

Vitamin D

Question 3

Anemia/ hemolysis. neurologic deficits, altered prostaglandin synthesis

Answer 3

Vitamin E

Question 4

Coagulopathy/ prolonged PTT, abnormal bone matrix synthesis

Answer 4

Vitamin K

Question 5

Beriberi ( cardiac failure, peripheral neuropathy, horseness or aphonia, Werneke’s encephalopathy ( altered mental status, ophthalmic changes, and ataxia))

Answer 5

Vitamin B1 ( thiamine)

Question 6

Dermatitis, cheilosis ( scaling of the surface of the lips and cracking at the sides) glossitis, microcytic anemia, peripheral neuritis

Answer 6

Vitamin B6 ( pyridoxine)

Question 7

Megaloblastic anemia, demyelination, methalmolonic acidemia

Answer 7

Vitamin B12 ( cobalamin)

Question 8

Scurvy ( hematologic abnormalities, edema, spongy swelling of gums, poor wound healing, impaired collagen synthesis)

Answer 8

Vitamin C

Question 9

Megaloblastic anemia, neutropenia, impaired growth, diarrhea

Answer 9

Folic Acid

Question 10

Pellagra ( diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia), glossitis, stomatitis

Answer 10

Niacin

Question 11

Skin lesions, poor wound healing, immune dysfunction, diarrhea, growth failure

Answer 11

Zinc