Deficiency Diseases
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Names
|
Disease
|
Comments
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Vitamin
A
(retinol)
|
Xerophtalmia
Dermatosis
|
Lachrimal
glands stop producing tears leading to blindness.
|
|
Thiamine
(Vitamin
B1)
|
Beri
Beri
|
Extreme
weakness, swelling, pain in legs, loss of appetite, enlarged heart, headache
& shortness of breath
|
|
Riboflavin
(Vitamin
B2)
|
Ariboflavinosis
|
Blurred
vision, burning of the eye & tongue, cracking of skin
at
angle of mouth
|
|
Niacin
(Nicotinamide)
|
Pellagra
|
Tip
& lateral margins of tongue, mouth & gums become red,
swollen
& develop ulcers
|
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Pyridoxine
(Vitamin B6)
|
|
|
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Pantothenic
Acid
|
|
|
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Biotin
|
|
|
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Cobalamin
(Vitamin
B12)
|
Perinicious
or
Megaloblastic
Anemia
|
Reduction
of Haemoglobin due to disturbance in formation of RBC.
|
|
Folic
Acid
|
|
|
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Vitamin
C
(Ascorbic
acid)
|
Scurvy
|
Pain
in joints, loss of weight, gums become spongy & bleed.
Teeth
loose & fragile
|
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Vitamin
D
(cholecalciferol)
|
Rickets
Osteomalacia
|
Occurs
in Children. Softness & deformities of bones.
Bones
susceptible to fracture.
|
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Vitamin
E (Tocopherol)
|
|
|
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Vitamin
K (Phylloquinone)
|
|
|
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Potassium
|
Hypokalemia
|
Rise
in heart beat rate. Kidney damage.
|
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Sodium
|
Hyponatremia
|
Low
blood pressure.
|
|
Proteins
|
Kwashiorkar
|
Potbelly due to retention of water by the cells (Oedema).
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