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Vitamin Deficiency
Aka: Vitamin Deficiency
- See Also
- Vitamin
- Vitamin Deficiency in Alcoholism
- Background
- Human body requires more than 40 essential nutrients it cannot synthesize
- Most nutrients are supplied in a typical well-rounded U.S. diet
- However, dietary restrictions (e.g. vegan), disease states and medications can result in deficiencies
- Vitamin Deficiency presentations can have subtle and vague presentations making diagnosis challenging
- Associated Conditions: B Vitamin Deficiency States
- Vitamin B1 Deficiency (Thiamine deficiency, Beriberi or Wernicke's Encephalopathy)
- Ataxia, Confusion, Ophthalmoplegia (lateral Gaze Palsy)
- Vitamin B2 Deficiency (Riboflavin Deficiency)
- Angular Cheilitis, Gingivitis, photophobia
- Vitamin B3 Deficiency (Niacin Deficiency or Pellagra)
- Diarrhea, dermatitis and Dementia (3 D's)
- Vitamin B6 Deficiency (Pyridoxine Deficiency)
- Glossitis, Peripheral Neuropathy
- Vitamin B9 Deficiency (Folic Acid Deficiency)
- Macrocytic Anemia (also caused by B12 Deficiency)
- Folic Acid Supplementation in Pregnancy
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Weakness, Peripheral Neuropathy, Ataxia, Dementia, macroyctic Anemia
- B12 Supplementation in Vegetarians and Vegans, Metformin, Antacids (PPI, H2 Blockers)
- Associated Conditions: Other Vitamin Deficiencies
- Vitamin A Deficiency (Retinol Deficiency)
- Night blindness
- Vitamin C Deficiency (Ascorbic Acid Deficiency or Scurvy)
- Bleeding Gums, Fatigue
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Children: Rickets
- Adults: Osteoporosis
- Vitamin K Deficiency
- Bleeding Diathesis
- Associated Conditions: Vitamin Deficiency by underlying predisposition
- Alcoholism
- See Vitamin Deficiency in Alcoholism
- Vitamin A Deficiency (Retinol Deficiency)
- Vitamin C Deficiency (Scurvy)
- Vitamin B1 Deficiency (Thiamine deficiency, Wernicke's Encephalopathy)
- Vitamin B3 Deficiency (Niacin Deficiency, Pellegra)
- Vitamin B6 Deficiency (Pyridoxine deficiency)
- Vitamin B9 Deficiency (Folic Acid Deficiency)
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency (Cobalamin Deficiency, Pernicious Anemia)
- Celiac Sprue
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Folate Deficiency
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Folate Deficiency
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Fat soluble Vitamin Deficiency
- Vitamin A Deficiency
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Vitamin E Deficiency
- Vitamin K Deficiency
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Zinc Deficiency
- Fat soluble Vitamin Deficiency
- Vitamin A Deficiency
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Vitamin E Deficiency
- Vitamin K Deficiency
- References
- Rasmussen (2013) World J Gastroenterol 19(42): 7267–75 [PubMed]
- Bariatric Surgery
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Folate Deficiency
- Vitamin A Deficiency
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Vitamin B1 Deficiency (Thiamine deficiency, Wernicke's Encephalopathy)
- Vitamin B6 Deficiency (Pyridoxine deficiency)
- Copper Deficiency
- Zinc Deficiency
- Vegan Diet
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Folate Deficiency
- Zinc Deficiency
- References
- Rendon et al. (2017) Crit Dec Emerg Med 31(6): 15-21