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1
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B vitamins complex deficiencies often result in

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  1. Dermatitis
  2. Glossitis
  3. Diarrhea
2
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Water soluble vitamins and their name

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B1 --> Thiamine
B2 --> Riboflavin 
B3 --> niacin 
B5 --> pantothenic acid 
B6 --> pyridoxine 
B7 --> biotin 
B9 --> folate 
B12 --> cobolamin 
C --> ascorbic acid
3
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Vitamin A ( retinol) function

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  1. Antioxidant 2. Constituent of normal visual pigment (retinal) 3. Essential of normal epithelial cells into specialized tissue (pancr cells, mucus secreting cells) 4. Prevent squamous metaplasia
4
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Vitamin A (retinol) is used to

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  1. Treat measles (all trans retinoic)
  2. Treat AML (M3) (all trans retinoic)
  3. Topically for wrinkles and acne (oral isotretinoin)
5
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Deficiency of vitamin A (retinol)

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  1. Night blindness (nyctalopia)
  2. Dry scaly skin (xerosis cutis)
  3. Bitot spots on conjunctiva
  4. Corneal degeneration (keratomalacia)
  5. Immune suppression
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Vitamin A (retinol) excess

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  1. arthralgias 2. Skin changes (scaliness) 3. Alopecia 4. Cerebral edema 5. Pseudo-tumor cerebri 6. Osteoporosis 7. Hepatic toxicity and enlargment
  2. Teratogenic (cleft palate, cardiac abnormalities)
    if acute –> nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and blurred vision
7
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Vitamin D Excess findings

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  1. Hypercalcemia
  2. Hypercalciuria
  3. Loss of apettite
  4. Stupor
8
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Vitamin E vs vitamin B12 deficiency

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Neurologic presentation of vit E deficiency may appear similar to B12 deficiency, but without megaloblastic anemia, hypersegmented neutrophils, or increased serum methylmalonic acid

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Vitamin E function

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  1. Antioxidant (protect erythrocytes and membranes from free radicals damage
  2. Enhance anticoagulant effects of warfarin
10
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Vitamin E deficiency

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  1. Hemolytic anemia
  2. Acanthocytosis
  3. Muscle weakness
  4. Posterior column and spinocerebellar tract demyelination
11
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Kwashiorkor clinical picture

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Small child with swollen belly

12
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Kwashiorkor mechanism (and result in)

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Protein malnutrition resulting in skin lesions, edema, liver malfunction (fatty change due to decreased apolipoprotein synthesis)

13
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Marasmus (definition and results)

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Total calorie malnutrition resulting in:

  1. emaciation (tissue and muscle wasting, loss of subcutaneous fat)
  2. +/- edema
14
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vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) is ancillary treatment for

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Methemoglobinemia by reducing Fe3+ to fe2+

15
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Vitamin C excess

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  1. Nausea 2. Vomiting 3. Diarrhea 4. Fatigue 5. Calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis 6. Can increase risk of iron toxicity in in predisposed individuals (transfusions, hereditary hemochromatosis)
16
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Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency

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  1. Scurvy

2. Weakened immune response

17
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Scurvy - presentation

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Swollen gums, bruising, hemarthrosis, anemia, poor wound healing, perifollicular and subperiosteal hemorrhages, corkscrew hair

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Vitamin B5 deficiency

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  1. Dermatitis
  2. Enteritis
  3. Alopecia
  4. Adrenal insufficiency
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Thiamine (vit B1) deficiency

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  1. Wernicke - korskakoff syndrome
  2. Dry beriberi
  3. Wet beriberi
20
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Dry beriberi

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  1. Polineuritis

2. Symmetrical muscle wasting

21
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Wet beriberi

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  1. Hight cardiac output failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)

2. Edema

22
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Thiamine (vit b1) deficiency seen in

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  1. Malnutrition

2. Alcoholism (2ry to malnutrition and malabsorption)

23
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Wernicke - korsakoff syndrome - symptoms

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  1. Classic triad (Confusion, opthalmoplegia, ataxia)
  2. Confabulation
  3. Personality changes
  4. Permanent memory loss
24
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Vitamin B2 deficiency

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  1. Cheilosis (inflammation of lips, scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth)
  2. Corneal vascularization
25
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Niacin deficiency

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  1. Glossitis

2. Pellagra (of severe deficiency)

26
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Causes of pellagra

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  1. Hartnup disease (Decreased tryptophan absorption)
  2. Malignant carcinoid syndrome (increased tryptophan metabolism)
  3. Isoniazid (low B6)
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Pellagra symptoms

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  1. Diarrhea
  2. Dementia (and hallucinations)
  3. Dermatitis (casal necklace (C3.4 dermotome) or hyperpigmentation of sun-exposed limbs)
28
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Niacin excess

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  1. Facial flushing (induce by prostaglandins, not histamine)
  2. Hyperglycemia
  3. Hyperuricemia
29
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Biotin deficiency symptoms

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Rare.

Dermatitis, alopecia, enteritis

30
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Biotin deficiency caused by

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Caused by antibiotic use or excessive ingestion of raw egg whites

31
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Folic acid absorption

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Jejunum