Vitamin A deficiency occurs with the chronic consumption of diets that are deficient in both vitamin A and beta-carotene.
Newborns are especially prone to vitamin K deficiency
Scurvy is a vitamin C deficiency.
Vitamin D deficiency, as well as rickets and osteomalacia, tends to occur in persons who do not get enough sunlight
Vitamin B6 deficiency occurs rarely. When it does, it is usually associated with poor absorption of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract
Vitamin K deficiency can cause massive hemorrhaging in infants due to impaired blood clotting. This deficiency can occur because newborns have lower levels of vitamin K, which is needed for proper blood coagulation. Infants are typically given a vitamin K injection shortly after birth to prevent this deficiency.
Night blindness is the first symptom.
Night blindness is the first symptom.
Vitamin A deficiency can be prevented or treated by taking vitamin supplements or by getting injections of the vitamin.
Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is another type of megaloblastic anemia that develops when the body doesn't absorb enough of this nutrient.
Vitamin K deficiency in adults is rare
i guess so but then it would be called deficiency anemia because you are lacking nutrition
Prolonged deficiency of vitamin c causes scurvy.