Vitamins Flashcards
Riboflavin
B2
Def: chellosis, angular stomatitis, dementia
Niacin
B3
Def: Pellagra (flamed skin, mouth sores) w/ diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia
Ascorbic acid
C
Def: Scurvy (anemia, debility, exhaustion, spontaneous bleeding, pain in the limbs, and especially the legs, swelling in some parts of the body, and sometimes ulceration of the gums and loss of teeth)
petechiae-tiny, circular, non-raised patches that appear on the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane , bleeding gums
Thiamine
B1
Def: Beriberi, polyceuritis, Wenicke-Korsakoff
Pantothenic acid
B5 (fatigue, sleep disturb, impaired coord) rare
Cobalamin
B12
Def: pernicious anemia (rbc), ceruo disorder, pallor-pale skin
Biotin
B7
Def: fatigue, depression, nausea, dermatitis, muscle pain, (egg whites-avidin)
Folate, folic acid
B9
Def: megaloblastic anemia, mental status change, glossitis, pallor
Retinol, Retinoic acid
A (ls) Def: malnutirtion (foreign) night blindness dryness in eyes frequent infection
Calcitriol
D (ls)
Def: rickets (skeletal)
Chvosteks/Trousseau
Essential for normal fetal and childhood development.
Scavenges for antiox free radicals
Forms: tocopherols
Deficiency: (rare).. neuro disorders, hemolysis, fat malabsorption conditions (pancreatic exocrine insuff,, cholestatic liver disease)
Vitamin E
Def: fat malabsorption, neuromuscular disorders
- Stored in liver
- activated in kidney where it stims reabsorption of Ca and Phosphate
- GI: induces synth of Ca binding and absorption
- Bones: osteoclast act–> resorption
Vitamin D (calcitriol)
Deficiency: -inadequate diet, fat malabsorption, lack of sunlight -Childhood Rickets (skeletal abnom) -Adults (fewer deforms) Chvostek's/Trousseau
Vitamin D (calcitriol)
Pyridoxine
Vitamin B6 (PLP pyridoxal phos is derivative)
