What results from deficiencies in some B vitamins?

Answer 1

Vitamin B1 (thiamin) deficiency causes beriberi, Wernicke's encephalopathy (impaired sensory perception), chronic thiamin deficiency can also cause Korsakoff's syndrome, an irreversible dementia characterized by amnesia.Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency causes ariboflavinosis. glossitis, pseudo-syphilis (particularly affecting the scrotum or labia majora), and/or pharyngitis.Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency, causes pellagra: the 3 D's: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and death.Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) deficiency can result in acne and paresthesia. Vitamin B6 deficiency causes seborrhoeic dermatitis, atrophic glossitis with ulceration, conjunctivitis, and neurologic symptoms of somnolence, confusion, and neuropathy.Vitamin B7 (biotin) deficiency does not typically cause symptoms in adults but may lead to impaired growth and neurological disorders in infants.Vitamin B9 (folic acid) deficiency results in macrocytic anemia and elevated levels of homocysteine. Deficiency in pregnant women can lead to birth defects.Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency results in anemia, peripheral neuropathy, memory loss and other cognitive deficits. It is most likely to occur among elderly people. It can also cause symptoms of mania and psychosis.







You get beri beri, dry and wet type with deficiency of vitamin B one or thiamine. You get angular stomatitis and glossitis with the deficiency of the riboflavin. You get pellagra with the deficiency of vitamin called as niacin. You get burning feet syndrome with the deficiency of sodium pantothonate. You get megaloblastic anemia with the deficiency of folic acid or folate and cynocobalamin. You get poly neuritis with the deficiency of vitamin B one, B six and B twelve.

Answer 2

There are 8 Vitamin B's and every components lack can cause a disease:

Name of Vitamin -----Disease it causes

1. Vitamin B1 - Beri Beri

2. Vitamin B2 - Ariboflavinosis

3. Vitamin B3 - Pellagra

4. Vitamin B5 - Acne/Paresthesia

5. Vitamin B6 - Microytic Anemia

6. Vitamin B7 - In Adults nothing as such occurs. But, it may lead to impaired growth or neurological disorders!

7. Vitamin B9 - Macrocytic Anemia

8. Vitamin B12 - Macrocytic Anemia

As you can see some diseases are common to different vitamin components and so, some diseases can be due to mutual deficiency!

Answer 3

You get beri beri, dry and wet type with deficiency of vitamin B one or thiamine. You get angular stomatitis and glossitis with the deficiency of the riboflavin. You get pellagra with the deficiency of vitamin called as niacin. You get burning feet syndrome with the deficiency of sodium pantothonate. You get megaloblastic anemia with the deficiency of folic acid or folate and cynocobalamin. You get poly neuritis with the deficiency of vitamin B one, B six and B twelve.

Answer 4

Deficiencies in three B vitamins, B1 or thiamine, B3 or niacin and B12 or cobalamin are known to cause neurological disorders.