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It's known as vitamin A deficiency. Signs and symptoms include:
- Nyctalopia (poor adaptation to darkness)
- Xerophthalmia (pathologic dryness of the conjunctiva and and cornea)
- Keratomalacia (softening of the cornea)
- Corneal perforation
- Blindness (due to a lack of visual pigments)
- Bitot spots (white plaques of keratinized epithelial cells)
- Dry skin and hair
- Follicular hyperkeratosis (due to clogging of hair follicles)
- Pruritus (skin itching)
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A disease caused by lack of vitamin C?
Lack of vitamin C is Scurvy.
Disease caused due to lack of vitamin A?
night blindness is cuased due to the lack of vitamin eye .
How are rickets caused?
Lack of Vitamin D
What lack of nutrient is caused by xerophthalmia?
Vitamin A
What is the disease caused by severe lack of vitamin c?
Scurvy.....Scurvy cannot be spread, it is a deficiency disease. Scurvy is caused by a severe lack of vitamin C.
How is beriberi caused?
Lack of thiamine or Vitamin B1.
What is the disease that is caused by lack of Vitamin D?
Rickets
Illnesses caused by lack of vitamin c?
scurvy
Pellagra is a disease caused by a lack of which vitamin?
Niacin
What was the disease caused by a lack of vitamin C?
Scurvy
Does a lack of vitamin C cause night blindness?
No, a lack of vitamin C does not cause night blindness, but it can cause scurvy. A lack of vitamin A causes night blindness.
Other diseases caused by lack of Vitamin C?
Scurvy.
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