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What are the treatments for vitamin E deficiency?

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Vitamin E deficiency in humans results in ataxia (poor muscle coordination with shaky movements), decreased sensation to vibration, lack of reflexes, and http://www.answers.com/topic/paralysis of eye muscles. One particularly severe symptom of vitamin E deficiency is the inability to walk.

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Vitamin E deficiency that occurs with.malabsorption syndromes can be treated with weekly injections of 100 mg alpha-tocopherol that may continue for six months. Vitamin E deficiency in premature infants may require treatment for only a few weeks.

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There are only 3 main causes of a vitamin E deficiency. These things are a premature birth or low weight birth, rare disorders of fat metabolism, and fat malabsorption.

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The prognosis for correcting the neurological symptoms of vitamin E deficiency is fair to excellent.

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B vitamins are a source of energy

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