Vitamin deficiency diseases

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Diseases caused by vitamin deficiency: Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) dissolve in fat and can be stored in your body. Water-soluble vitamin C and B-complex vitamins (such as vitamins B6, B12, niacin, riboflavin, and folate) need to dissolve in water before they can be absorbed by the body. In 1912, Casimir Funk originally discovered the word “vitamin.”

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vitamins Chemical Name Deficiency Diseases
A Retinol Night blindness
B₁ Thymine (Beri-Beri) It is a skin & bone disorder disease.
B₂ ariboflavin Cracking of skin, cracking of lips, & tongue.
B₃ Niacin or Nicotinamide (niacinamide) Whitening of hair, (Loss of Memory) Dementia, Insomnia
B₅ Pantothenic Acid Pellagra of 4.D Syndrome (Diarrhoea, Diphtheria, Dementia, Death)
B₆ Pyridoxine skin disorders
B₇ Biotin Hair fall, Dementia, Anemia
B₁₂ CyanoCobalamin

(Natural content of cobalt)

 Anemia, Skin disorder, Insomnia
C ascorbic acid Bleeding of Gums (Pyorrhea) Swelling of Gums.
D

Only vitamins not prepared in our body

 Calciferol 1. Rickets → Child

2. Osteomalacia → Male

3. Osteoporosis → Female
E Tocopherol low fertility
K Phylloquinone Non-clotting of blood
  • Dry, scaly, peeling, and itchy skin, rash
  • hair loss
  • Poor appetite, fatigue
  • Vomiting, stomach discomfort
  • liver injury
  • Headache, bone pain
  • Nervousness, irritability
Vitamin B
Source Cow milk, sprouts, meat, eggs
Function
  • Forming healthy Red Blood Cells
  • brain health
  • DNA synthesis
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY
  • anemia
  • Nervousness
  • Insomnia
  • memory loss
  • Depression
  • muscle cramps
SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS
  • Excess vitamin B is disposed of through urine.
Vitamin C
Source Citrus fruits(orange, grapefruit, lemon), strawberry, black currant, kiwi fruit, tomato, green leafy vegetables, green pepper
Function
  • Helps synthesize collagen; promotes the growth and repair of cells, gum, teeth, blood vessels, and bones
  • Helps to heal after operation and injury
  • Helps calcium and iron absorption
  • Enhances immunity
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY
  • Scurvy
  • Gum inflammation and bleeding, falling of teeth
  • Susceptibility to skin bleeding, a burst of capillary vessels
  • Weakness, tiredness
  • Bone pain, swollen and aching joints
SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS
  • Abdominal pain
  • Diarrhea
  • kidney stones
Vitamin D
Source Egg yolk, liver, cod liver oil, fish
Function
  • Helps the body absorb and utilize calcium and phosphorus, so as to maintain bones, teeth, and brain healthy
  • Maintains normal calcium level in blood
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY
  • Children: rickets
  • Adults: Osteomalacia, Osteoporosis
SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS
  • Calcified cartilage
  • High calcium level in the blood causes abnormal heartbeat and damage to organs such as kidneys.
  • Vomiting, diarrhea
  • sore eyes
  • itchy skin
Vitamin E
Source Green leafy vegetables, whole-wheat cereals, nuts, sprouts, egg yolk
Function
  • Maintains normal conditions of cells, and healthy skin and tissues
  • Protects red blood cells
  • Antioxidation
  • Enhance immunity
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY
SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS
  • Low thyroxine level
  • Fertility Disease
  • Headache, dizziness, fatigue
  • Stomach discomfort, poor appetite
Vitamin K
Source Green leafy vegetables, soya beans
Function
  • Helps blood clotting, prevents bleeding
  • Maintains the health of the liver
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY
SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS

Vitamin Deficiency Diseases: FAQs

Q1. What causes Beri-Beri?
A.Vitamin A
B.Vitamin B
C.Vitamin C
D.Vitamin D
Ans->Vitamin B

Q2. Vitamin D is also known as ______-
A. Reproductive Vitamins
B. Sunshine Vitamin
C.ascorbic acid
D. Growth Vitamin
Ans-> Sunshine vitamin

Q3.Which is a water soluble vitamin?
A.Vitamin A
B.Vitamin B
C.Vitamin K
D.Vitamin D
Ans->Vitamin B

Q4. A vitamin which plays an important role in the clotting properties of blood?
A.Vitamin A
B.Vitamin B
C.Vitamin K
D.Vitamin D
Ans->Vitamin K

Q5. Rickets is caused by-
A.Vitamin A
B.Vitamin B
C.Vitamin C
D.Vitamin D
Ans->Vitamin D

Q6. Vitamin D is-
A.Pyridoxine
B. Tocopherol
C.Ergosterol
D.Calciferol
Ans->Calciferol

Q7. What causes scurvy?
A.Vitamin B2
B.ascorbic acid
C. Glutamic Acid
D.Vitamin B12
Ans->Ascorbic acid

Q8. Which of the following vitamins is responsible for remembering dreams?
A.Vitamin B
B.Vitamin B6
C.Vitamin A
D.Vitamin C
Ans->Vitamin B6

Q9. Vitamin B6 is known as _______-
A.Pyridoxine
B. Tocopherol
C. Thiamine
D.Riboflavin
Ans->Pyridoxine

Q10. Vitamin B12 is-
A.Mn
B. Fe
C.Co
D.Mg
Ans->Co

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