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Vitamins & Minerals Flashcards

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Cause of death in Iron poisoning

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Cell death due to peroxidation of membrane lipids

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2
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Treatment for Iron poisoning

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Chelation! = IV deferoxamine, oral deferasirox

Dialysis

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Primary iron storage protein of body

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Ferritin = cellular storage protein for iron

*Acute phase reactant, elevated in inflammation,

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4
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What happens to transferrin concentration in iron deficiency?

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Increased

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5
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Iron overdose causes what acid/base disorder?

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Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis

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6
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What two enzymes require zinc?

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Carbonic anhydrase

Lactate dehydrogenase

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7
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Peripheral neuropathy - wrist drop and foot drop

Burton Lines on gingivae and metaphyses of long bones

Abdominal pain

Sideroblastic anemia
Basophilic stippling on RBCs

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Lead poisoning

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What enzymes does lead inhibit?

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Ferrochelatase
ALA- dehydratase

(Decreased heme synthesis and increased RBC protoporphyrin)

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9
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Treatment for lead poisoning

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Succimer
EDTA
Dimercaprol

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10
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Where does mercury toxicity accumulate?

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Kidney and brain

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What is the physiologic active form of Vit D?

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1,25 (OH)2 D3 = calictriol

1 st hydroxylation = liver
2nd hydroxylation = kidney

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12
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Bones
Stones
Groans
Psychiatric Overtones

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Hypercalcemia

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13
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Why are neonates deficient in Vit. K?

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They have a sterile gut, and Vit is synthesized by intestinal flora

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14
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Why is vit K necessary fro coagulation?

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Cofactor for gamma carboxylation of factors 10, 9, 7, 2

“DISCo started in 1972”

*Newborns receive single dose of IM Vit K at birth

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15
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Bitot spots on conjunctiva

Keratomalacia (conreal degeneration)

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Vit. A. deficiency

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16
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Megaloblastic Anemia
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Increased serum methylmalonic acid levels

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Vit. B12 deficiency = cobalamin

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17
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Antioxidant vitamins?

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Vitamin E

Vitamin C = ascorbic acid

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18
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Main reactions of Vit. C?

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  • Hydroxylation of prolyl and lysyl residues of collagen
  • Required for dopamine to NE reaction
  • Antioxidant
  • Facilities Fe absorption in gut - deficiency can cause Fe deficient anemia!
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19
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Sore, spongy gums
Poor wound healing
Bleed mucous membranes
Spots on the skin

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Vit. C. deficiency = Scurvy

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20
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Encephalopathy
Oculomotor dysfunction
Gait Ataxia

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Wernicke Encephalopathy

21
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Memory loss - retrograde and anterograde
Confabulation
Personality changes
Apathy

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Korsakoff Syndrome = consequences of chronic wernkicke encephalopathy

Atrophy of mamillary bodies, and medial thalamus

22
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Vit. B1 deficiency (Thiamine)

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Wet BeriBeri = high out put cardiac failure (dialated cardiomyopathy), edema

Dry BeriBeri = affecting nerves

23
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Treament for Wernkick-Korsakoff?

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THIAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION!!! Before glucose!!! Glucose will make it worse without thiamine!

24
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Enzymes requiring Vit. B1

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THIAMINE! = TPP

  • Pyruvate dehydrogenase
  • alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
  • Transketolase
  • Branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase
25
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B2 = riboflavin

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FAD, FMN
Cofactors in redox reactions

*If it has dehydrogenase in the name, likely requires FAD!

26
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What Vit. deficiency causes Cheilosis and corneal vascularization?

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Vit. B2 = riboflavin

27
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B3

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Niacin

28
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Dermatitis
Dementia
Diarrhea

Broad collar rash
Hyperpigmentation of sun-exposed areas

A

3 D’s of pellegra! Niacin deficiency

Can be caused by:

  • Hartnup disease (decreased tryptophan absorbtion)
  • Malignant carcinoid syndrome (increased tryptophan metabolism)
  • Isoniazide (decreased Vit. B6)
29
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Angular cheilosis
Glossitis
Convulsions
Peripheral neuropathy
Sideroblastic Anemia
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Vit B6 deficiency = Pyridoxine

Cofactor for transaminations, synthesis of heme, niacin, histamine, NTs (including GABA… why you get convulsions, loss of inhibition)

30
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What enzymes require Biotin? (B7)

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Carboxylation reactions

31
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What can cause a Vit. B7 deficiency?

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B7 = Biotin

AVIDIN (egg whites) prevents absorption of biotin

32
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Marocytic, megaloblastic anemia
Hypersegmented polymorphonuclear cells
Glossitis
No neuro symptoms
Normal methylmalonic acid levels
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Vit B9 = folate deficiency

33
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Macrocytic megaloblastic anemia
Hypersegmented PMNs
Paresthesia
Increased serum methylmalonic acid levels

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Vit. B12 deficiency = Cobalamin

34
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Vitamin deficiency causing convulsions and irritability?

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B6 = pyridoxine

Needed in synthesis of heme, niacin, histamine, and NTs (5HT, Epi, NE, DA and GABA)

Loss of GABA causes the convulsion (loss of inhibition)

35
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Where is B12 absorbed?

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Termianl Ileum

36
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Pernicious Anemia

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Autoimmune attack of intrinsic factor, can’t abosorb B12 = megalobalstic anemia

37
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Vitamin deficiency associated with peripheral neuropathy, glossitis?

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B6 = pyridoxine
B12 = cobalamin
38
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Vitamin deficiency associated with neural tube defects?

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B9 = Folate

39
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Vitamin used by pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase?

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B1 = Thiamine

40
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Vitamin used to elevate HDL and lower LDL?

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B3= Niacin

41
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Vitamin deficiency can be caused by isoniazide use?

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B6 = pyridoxine

*Can also cause Niacin (B3) deficiency because B6 is required to make niacin from tryptophan

42
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Vitamins critical for DNA synthesis

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B9= Folate
B12 = Cobalamin
43
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Most common vitamin deficiency in the US?

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Foalte

44
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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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B9 = Folate
B12= cobalamin

*megaloblastic anemia

45
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
Edema
Polyneuropathy

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B1 = Thiamine deficiency = Wet BeriBeri

46
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Differential for inflammation of sunexposed regions of the body?

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  • Pellegra
  • Xeroderma pigmentosa
  • Porphria Cutena Tarda
47
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Role of NADPH in body

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Oxidative burst in phagolysosomes

HMP shunt

48
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Enzyme and co-factor needed to recycle folic acid?

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Homocysteine methyl transferase (cofactor = B12)

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