Vitamins/Minerals Flashcards
1
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Vitamin A deficiency clinical features
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Night blindness
Dry eyes, bitot spots
hyperkeratosis
2
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Vitamin D deficiency clinical features
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myalgias, bone pain, fractures
rickets, ostemalacia
3
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Vitamin E deficiency clinical features
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Antioxidant in blood - oxidative injury to neurons and RBC
Ataxia, polyneuropathy
myopathy
Hemolytic anemia
4
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Vitamin K deficiency clinical features
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bleeding diathesis
5
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Fat soluble vitamin deficiency
A
vit A, D, E, K
pancreatitis-decrease pancreatic enzymes, fat malabsorption
6
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Fat malabsorption
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Cystic Fibrosis
pancreatitis
cholestasis
Vit A, D, E, K deficiency
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