Vitamins

Question 1

Colour blindness

Answer 1

Vitamin A/retinal deficiency

Question 2

Osteomalacia/rickets

Answer 2

Vitamin D/cholecalciferol deficiency

Question 3

Haemaolytic Anaemia/neuropathy/IHD

Answer 3

Vitamin E/tocopherol deficiency

IHD due to increased oxidation of LDLs - perpetuates atherosclerotic process

Question 4

Water soluble vitamins

Answer 4

BCF

Question 5

Beri beri syndrome/
Neuropathy/
Wernikce syndrome

Answer 5

B1/thiamine deficiency

Question 6

Glossitis, angular stomatitis

Answer 6

B2/riboflavin deficiency

Question 7

Dermatitis/anaemia

Answer 7

B6/pyridoxine deficiency

Question 8

Neuropathy (excess)

Answer 8

B6/pyridoxine

Question 9

Pernicious anaemia, subacute combined degeneration of the SC

Answer 9

B12/cobalamine deficiency

Question 10

Scurvy

Answer 10

Vit C/ ascorbate deficiency

Question 11

Megaloblastic anaemia/

Neural tube defects

Answer 11

Folate deficiency

Question 12

Clotting defects

Answer 12

Vitamin K deficiency

/phytomenadione

Question 13

Fat soluble vitamins

Answer 13

ADEK

Question 14

Gum bleeding, delayed wound healing, petechiae, bone weakness

Answer 14

Vit C def, Scurvy

Question 15

Ataxia and areflexia, haemolytic anaemia

Answer 15

Vitamin E deficiency (tocopherol)

Question 16

Ascorbate

Answer 16

Vit C (ascorbate) - scurvy

Question 17

Niacin

Answer 17

B3 - pellagra 3Ds

Question 18

Pyridoxine

Answer 18

B 6 - dermatitis, anaemia

Question 19

Vit B1/thiamine test

Answer 19

RBC transketolase

Question 20

Vit B2 - Riboflavin test

Answer 20

RBC glutathione reductase

Question 21

Vit B6 Pyridoxine test

Answer 21

RBC AST activation