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How can vitamin D deficiency affect health?

No harm is likely to result from vitamin D deficiency that occurs for only a few days a year. If the deficiency occurs for a period of many months or years, however, rickets or osteomalacia may develop


What vitamin deficiency may be a possible cause of neurological amnesia?

Vitamin B


What deficiency diseases are caused due to lack of vitamin e?

The deficiency of vitamin E is very rare. But still it may cause haemolytic anaemia.


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


What vitamin deficiency causes a craving for chilli?

Chili cravings may indicate the need for iron and vitamin B. There is also quite a bit of vitamin C in the tomato sauce.


What may be the Deficiency disease caused due to lack of nutrition in apple?

scurvy, from vitamin C deficiency


What might happen to a person whose diet is deficient in vitamin A and vitamin D?

You get the symptoms and signs of vitamin A deficiency. Those are night blindness, Bitot's spots, keratomalacia and corneal ulcers and blindness. Your diet is usually deficient in vitamin D, unless you eat fish, specially fish liver. You get the vitamin D in presence of sunlight. Sub-clinical deficiency of vitamin D is very common, probably.


Which vitamin deficiency causes bleeding gums?

Deficiency of Vitamin C (scurvy) will lead to gum changes and also causes problems with the blood vessels, hence causing bleeding in the gums. Also a deficiency in Vitamin K may also cause bleeding gums do to the lack of clotting factors which will lead to unusual or excessive bleeding.


What disease may be caused by a vitamin c deficiency?

A disease known as scurvy is caused by a vitamin c deficiency


What is Vitamin B3 deficiency disease?

Pellagra is a Vitamin B3 (Niacin) deficiency disease. It is caused by severe and prolonged deficiency of Vitamin B3. Symptoms are bilateral dermatitis, dementia, and diarrhea. A prolonged and severe niacin deficiency may cause depression and neurasthenia (weakening of muscles).A deficiency in Vitamin B3 can cause depression, memory loss, canker sores and fatigue.


Night blindness may be caused by a deficiency of what vitamin a or d?

D


How does a deficiency in vitamin B12 affect the attractiveness of individuals to mosquitoes?

A deficiency in vitamin B12 can lead to a change in body odor that may make individuals more attractive to mosquitoes.