vitamin deficiencies Flashcards
1
Q
what does vitamin deficiency cause
A
night blindness (nyctalopia)
2
Q
what does B1 deficiency cause
A
beriberi
polyneuropathy
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
heart failure
3
Q
what does B3 deficiency cause
A
pellagra
dermatitis
diarrhoea
dementia
4
Q
what does B9 deficiency cause
A
megaloblastic anaemia
deficiency during pregnancy - neural tube defects
5
Q
what does B12 deficiency cause
A
megaloblastic anaemia
peripheral neuropathy
6
Q
vitamin C deficiency
A
scurvy
gingivitis
bleeding
7
Q
vitamin D deficiency
A
rickets
osteomalacia
8
Q
vitamin E deficiency
A
mild haemolytic anaemia in newborn infants
ataxia
peripheral neuropathy
9
Q
vitamin K deficiency
A
haemorrhagic disease of the newborn
bleeding diathesis
