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What disorder occurs because you do not get enough vitamin C in your diet?
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Scurvy
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What was sauerkraut used for by sailors?
To prevent Scurvy (which is a disease that occurs when people don't get enough Vitamin C; sauerkraut has Vitamin C).
Stridor occurs in which upper respiratory disorder?
Stridor occurs in which upper respiratory disorder? CROUP
Why does the Dr give a newborn vitamin K?
Vitamin K is routinely administered to newborns to help prevent blood clotting disorders. This disorder is called Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding and occurs in about 1 in 10,000 babies. Infants with this disorder can begin to bleed into the brain, often leading to brain damage or death. There is some controversy about whether or not these injections increase the risk of the child developing leukemia later in life.
What is the deficiency name for vitamin A?
Nyctalopia (night blindness) is one of the first signs of deficiency of Vitamin A. moreover, deficiency of this vitamin can also produce Xerophthalmia (a medical condition in which the eye fails to produce tears), keratomalacia (an eye disorder resulting when the cornea becomes totally opaque and occurs blindness), and complete blindness since Vitamin A has a major role in phototransduction.
What does vitamin A deficiency occur?
Vitamin A deficiency occurs with the chronic consumption of diets that are deficient in both vitamin A and beta-carotene.
What occurs in Manic depressive disorder?
A mood disorder characterized by manic highs and depressive lows
What happens if vitamin k deficiency occurs?
kwashiorkore
What is a disorder is a focusing problem that occurs when the lens and cornea do not bend light so that it focuses properly on the retina?
refractive disorder
Where does homolophia occurs more often?
genetic disorder
What does hyperphosphatemia occur with?
The disorder occurs concurrently with hypocalcemia
Individuals with the disorder xeroderma pigmentosum are hypersensitive to sunlight this occurs because their cells have which impaired ability?
They cannot repair thymine dimers.
What vitamin occurs only in foods of animal origin?
b12
