Vitamins and Minerals

Question 1

What are the two water soluble vitamins?

Answer 1

B-complex groupings and Vitamin c

Question 2

What patients might water soluble be concerning for?

Answer 2

Individuals with renal diseases because they cant filter the vitamins throgh the kidneys

Question 3

What are fat-soluble vitamins and where are they stored?

Answer 3

Vitamins that are excreted through feces. They are stored in the liver

Question 4

What are the 4 fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 4

KADE- vitamin k,a,d,e

Question 5

What is another name for retinol and where is found?

Answer 5

Retinol, and it is found in fish, dairy, egg, green veggies

Question 6

What are the indications for vitamin a

Answer 6

Night and normal vision, and treatment of skin conditions

Question 7

What is vitamin d important for?

Answer 7

It is a sunshine vitamin, and it helps with utilizing calcium and phosphorous. It also helps with bone health

Question 8

Where can vitamin d be found?

Answer 8

Fish, milk, bread, cereals, egg ,butters

Question 9

What are the indications for vitamin d?

Answer 9

It helps with vitamin d deficiency, RICKETS, tetany, prevention of osteoporosis, breast fed infants.

Question 10

What are the two important forms of vitamin d?

Answer 10

Calciferol, and calcitriol

Question 11

What are the indications of vitamin E?

Answer 11

Dietary supplements, treatment of deficiency, and antioxidants

Question 12

What patients should not be given vitamin e?

Answer 12

Patients who have heart disease

Question 13

What are the indications of vitamin K?

Answer 13

Reverses the effects of anticoagulants, newborn infants.

Question 14

What are the names of the vitamin b groups and vitamin c

Answer 14

Thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoine, folic acid, and cyanocobalamin

Question 15

What is thiamine deficiency lead to?

Answer 15

Beriberi, and wernickes encephelopathy

Question 16

Why is vitamin b1 (thiamine) importsnt?

Answer 16

Carbohydrate metabolism, metabolic pathways,

Question 17

What causes riboflavin deficiency?

Answer 17

Alcoholism, liver disease, probenecid therapy.

Question 18

What are indications of vitamin b 2 (Riboflavin)

Answer 18

treatment of deficiency, migraine headache, acne,

Question 19

What is an adverse effect of riboflavin?

Answer 19

Turns urine yellow orange

Question 20

What are indications of vitamin b3 nicacin?

Answer 20

Prevention of pellagra, dyslipidemia, peripheral vascular disease.

Question 21

What is pellegra?

Answer 21

Niacin deficiency

Question 22

With treatment of tuberculosis what vitamin is used for the treatment?(IMPORTANT)

Answer 22

Vitamin B6

Question 23

What is vitamin b6 important for?

Answer 23

Integrity of peripheral nerves, and heamtopoeitic system

Question 24

WHat is vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin important for?

Answer 24

Patients who have pernicious anemia

Question 25

What is vitamin c important to absorbing?

Answer 25

Vitamin c is important in iron absorption

Question 26

What are the indications of vitamin c?

Answer 26

Dietary supplement, prevention of scurvy.

Question 27

What are minerals?

Answer 27

They are essential nutrients that are like building blocks for body sturctures

Question 28

What is calcium important for?

Answer 28

Nervous, and skeletal systems, contraction of muscle

Question 29

What things are associated with calcium deficiency

Answer 29

Softening of bone (osteomalacia), osteoprosis

Question 30

What is magnesium needed for?

Answer 30

Nerve function and muscle contraction

Question 31

Dietary sources for magnesium?

Answer 31

Green vegetables, meat, milk

Question 32

What are adverse effects of magnesium?

Answer 32

Loss of tendon reflex, constipation