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A deficiency in:
Vitamin A: poor night eyesight, burning sensation on skin
Zinc: Easy hair breakage
Calcium: brittle bones
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt depends on the vitamin. Vitamins each have different specific functions.
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Do boils appear on your skin due to vitamin deficiency?
what is your vitamins deficiency if you have boils
What happens if you are lack of vitamins?
Vitamin deficiency
What deficiency causes muscle cramps?
Magnesium deficiency can cause muscle cramping. Potassium deficiency can, as well. These are minerals, not vitamins.
Give a sentence for the word deficiency?
He has some calcium deficiency, he needs to take some vitamins.
What disease can you get by not eating vitamins?
It depends on which vitamins are not eaten. For example, a deficiency of vitamin C will cause a disease called scurvy, while a deficiency of vitamin E can cause severe neurological damage.
What does a lack of vitamins do?
It develops symptoms of deficiency of that particular vitamin as an ailment.
A deficiency of which of the following vitamins results in accumulation of homocysteine in the blood?
folate
What has the author Walter Hollis Eddy written?
Walter Hollis Eddy has written: 'Chlorophyll in 1950' 'Experimental physiology and anatomy for high schools' -- subject(s): Laboratory manuals, Physiology 'What are the vitamins?' -- subject(s): Vitamins 'A text-book in general physiology and anatomy' -- subject(s): Anatomy, Comparative Physiology 'Vitaminology, the chemistry and function of the vitamins' 'The avitaminoses; the chemical, clinical and pathological aspects of the vitamin deficiency diseases' -- subject(s): Deficiency diseases, Vitamins, Deficiency Diseases 'We need vitamins' -- subject(s): Vitamins
Anemia is a deficiency of what vitamins and minerals?
Iron-deficiency anemia occurs when more iron is needed in the diet. This is the most common type of anemia. Iron deficiency anemia is when there is not enough iron in the blood.Pernicious anemia mostly affects people over 40 and is a result of vitamin B 12 deficiency. Sickle-cell anemia is a hereditary blood cell defect that does not respond to vitamin or mineral treatment.
What are the differences between vitamins and minerals?
minerals are elements and vitamins are made up of a few elements. Vitamins are identified by a set of symptoms that develop if there is not enough in the diet (deficiency disorder).
What is the meaning of Deficiency disease?
Illnesses that have become consistent due to a lack of vitamins and minerals
What happens if you have deficiency amount of vitamins?
depends what vitamin you have a deficiency in. For example a deficiency in vitamin A can cause severe visual impairment and blindness, and significantly increases the risk of severe illness, and even death, from such common childhood infections as diarrhoeal disease and measles.A deficiency in Vitamin E deficiency causes the central nervous system and may result in progressive neuromuscular disease characterized by loss of reflexes, muscle weakness, loss of balance and impaired ability to coordinate voluntary movements
