Vitamin deficiency

Question 1

Vitamin A deficiency

Answer 1

Night blindness, scaly rash, xeropthalmia

Question 2

Vitamin D deficiency

Answer 2

Rickets, osteomalacia, hypocalcemia

Question 3

Vitamin E deficiency

Answer 3

Anemia, peripheral neuropathy, ataxia

Question 4

Vitamin K deficiency

Answer 4

hemorrhage; elevated PT time

Question 5

Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency

Answer 5

Wernicke-Korsakoff: confusion, opthalmoplegia, ataxia.
Dry Beriberi: polyneuritis, symmetrical muscle wasting
Wet BeriBeri: high output cardiac failure, edema

Question 6

B2 (riboflavin) deficiency

Answer 6

cheilosis, angular stomatitis, dermatitis

Question 7

B3 (niacin) deficiency

Answer 7

Pellagra (dementia, dermatitis, diarrhea)

Question 8

B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency

Answer 8

convulsions, peripheral neuropathy, sideroblastic anemia

Question 9

B9 (folic acid) deficiency

Answer 9

megaloblastic anemia without neurologic symptoms

Question 10

B12 (cobalamin) deficiency

Answer 10

megaloblastic anemia with neurologic symptoms

Question 11

Vitamin C deficiency

Answer 11

scurvy, poor wound healing, bone pain

Question 12

iron deficiency

Answer 12

microcytic anemia, koilonchia (spoon shaped fingernails)

Question 13

zinc deficiency

Answer 13

hypogeusia (decreased taste), rash, slow wound healing

Question 14

copper deficiency

Answer 14

microcytic anemia, leukopenia, diarrhea, neurologic disturbances

Question 15

selenium deficiency

Answer 15

myositis, cardiomyopathy

Question 16

chromium deficiency

Answer 16

hyperglycemia, neurologic symptoms