Vitamin Deficiency

Question 1

Vitamin A

Answer 1

Night blindness, conjunctival foamy patches

Question 2

Vitamin D

Answer 2

Rickets, osteomalacia

Question 3

Vitamin E

Answer 3

Spinocerebellar degeneration

Question 4

Vitamin K

Answer 4

Bleeding

Question 5

Causes of Vit E Def

Answer 5

Fat malabsorption, biliary atresia

Question 6

Causes of Vit K Def

Answer 6

Antibiotics

Question 7

Thiamine

Answer 7

(B1). Beri-beri, Wernicke-Korsakoff, polyneuropathy

Question 8

B1

Answer 8

Thiamine

Question 9

Riboflavin

Answer 9

(B2) Angular stomatitis, glossitis

Question 10

B2

Answer 10

Riboflavin

Question 11

Niacin

Answer 11

(B3) Pellagra - 4Ds

Question 12

B3

Answer 12

Niacin

Question 13

Causes of B3 Def

Answer 13

Alcoholism, isoniazid (through pyridoxine deficiency), low protein

Question 14

Pyridoxine

Answer 14

(B6). Peripheral neuropathy, dermatitis, glossitis.

Question 15

B6

Answer 15

Pyridoxine

Question 16

Causes of B6 Def

Answer 16

Isoniazid, hydralazine

Question 17

Cyanocobalamin

Answer 17

(B12). Pernicious anaemia, subacute combined degeneration of the cord

Question 18

B12

Answer 18

Cyanocobalamin

Question 19

Vitamin C

Answer 19

Scurvy

Question 20

Zinc

Answer 20

Acrodermatitis (crusted lesions) - perianal/peri-orificial, alopecia, hepatosplenomegaly, geophagia, cognitive impairment