vitamin deficiency

Question 1

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin A/retinoids?

Answer 1

nyctalopia- night blindness

Question 2

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin B1/thiamine?

Answer 2

beriberi
- polyneuropathy, wernicke-korsakoff syndrome
- heart failure

Question 3

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin B3/niacin?

Answer 3

pellagra
- dermatitis
- diarrhoea
- dementia

Question 4

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin B6/pyridoxine?

Answer 4

anaemia
irritability
seizures

Question 5

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin B7/biotin?

Answer 5

dermatitis
seborrhoea

Question 6

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin B9/folic acid?

Answer 6

megaloblastic anaemia
deficiency during pregnancy- neural tube defects

Question 7

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin B12/cyanocobalamin?

Answer 7

megaloblastic anaemia
peripheral neuropathy

Question 8

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin C/ascorbic acid?

Answer 8

scurvy
- gingivitis
- bleeding

Question 9

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin D/cholecalciferol/ergocalciferol?

Answer 9

rickets
osteomalacia

Question 10

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin E/tocotrienol/tocopherol?

Answer 10

mild haemolytic anaemia in newborn infants
ataxia
peripheral neuropathy

Question 11

what can result from a deficiency in vitamin K/naphthoquinone?

Answer 11

haemorrhagic disease of the newborn
bleeding diathesis