Vitamins and Minerals Flashcards
What are the two water soluble vitamins?
B-complex groupings and Vitamin c
What patients might water soluble be concerning for?
Individuals with renal diseases because they cant filter the vitamins throgh the kidneys
What are fat-soluble vitamins and where are they stored?
Vitamins that are excreted through feces. They are stored in the liver
What are the 4 fat soluble vitamins?
KADE- vitamin k,a,d,e
What is another name for retinol and where is found?
Retinol, and it is found in fish, dairy, egg, green veggies
What are the indications for vitamin a
Night and normal vision, and treatment of skin conditions
What is vitamin d important for?
It is a sunshine vitamin, and it helps with utilizing calcium and phosphorous. It also helps with bone health
Where can vitamin d be found?
Fish, milk, bread, cereals, egg ,butters
What are the indications for vitamin d?
It helps with vitamin d deficiency, RICKETS, tetany, prevention of osteoporosis, breast fed infants.
What are the two important forms of vitamin d?
Calciferol, and calcitriol
What are the indications of vitamin E?
Dietary supplements, treatment of deficiency, and antioxidants
What patients should not be given vitamin e?
Patients who have heart disease
What are the indications of vitamin K?
Reverses the effects of anticoagulants, newborn infants.
What are the names of the vitamin b groups and vitamin c
Thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoine, folic acid, and cyanocobalamin
What is thiamine deficiency lead to?
Beriberi, and wernickes encephelopathy
Why is vitamin b1 (thiamine) importsnt?
Carbohydrate metabolism, metabolic pathways,
What causes riboflavin deficiency?
Alcoholism, liver disease, probenecid therapy.
What are indications of vitamin b 2 (Riboflavin)
treatment of deficiency, migraine headache, acne,
What is an adverse effect of riboflavin?
Turns urine yellow orange
What are indications of vitamin b3 nicacin?
Prevention of pellagra, dyslipidemia, peripheral vascular disease.
What is pellegra?
Niacin deficiency
With treatment of tuberculosis what vitamin is used for the treatment?(IMPORTANT)
Vitamin B6
What is vitamin b6 important for?
Integrity of peripheral nerves, and heamtopoeitic system
WHat is vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin important for?
Patients who have pernicious anemia
What is vitamin c important to absorbing?
Vitamin c is important in iron absorption
What are the indications of vitamin c?
Dietary supplement, prevention of scurvy.
What are minerals?
They are essential nutrients that are like building blocks for body sturctures
What is calcium important for?
Nervous, and skeletal systems, contraction of muscle
What things are associated with calcium deficiency
Softening of bone (osteomalacia), osteoprosis
What is magnesium needed for?
Nerve function and muscle contraction
Dietary sources for magnesium?
Green vegetables, meat, milk
What are adverse effects of magnesium?
Loss of tendon reflex, constipation
