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Yes, Vitamins and minerals are used to function on a daily basis.
There are several things you can get from not having the correct vitamins and minerals.
Xerophthalmia -> Vitamin A Deficiency
Scurvy -> Vitamin C Deficiency
Rickets & Osteomalacia -> Vitamin D Deficiency (Might need to book that trip to Cancun to get some sun!)
Many eating disorder patients have Vitamin Deficiency, over time resulting in
- Loss of hair
- Skin is tethered, dry and cracking.
- Bones weaken
- Finger and Toe nails get thin and cracked
- Tooth enamel weakens
- Eye brows and lashes fall out
- Sides of lips begin to bleed due to them being very cracked and dry
What else can I help you with?
How is vitamin A deficiency treated?
Vitamin A deficiency can be prevented or treated by taking vitamin supplements or by getting injections of the vitamin.
What does vitamin K deficiency occur?
Newborns are especially prone to vitamin K deficiency
Is vitamin K deficiency common in adults?
Vitamin K deficiency in adults is rare
What does vitamin A deficiency occur?
Vitamin A deficiency occurs with the chronic consumption of diets that are deficient in both vitamin A and beta-carotene.
Can you have both iron-deficiency anemia and vitamin B12 anemia?
i guess so but then it would be called deficiency anemia because you are lacking nutrition
Why is scurvy caused?
Prolonged deficiency of vitamin c causes scurvy.
What is the cause of anemia night blindness and rickets?
Anaemia is a deficiency of iron, night blindness is a deficiency if vitamin A and rickets is a deficiency of vitamin D.
What is the difference between primary and secondary vitamin deficiency?
what is the difference between primary and seconday vitamin deficiency
Which vitamin deficiency causes massive hemorrhaging in infants?
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.
What is the deficiency of vitamin B1?
beri-beri is the deficiency of vitaminb1
What is the deficiency disease of vitamin a?
Deficiency disease is night blindness.
What is a deficiency disease of vitamin a?
Deficiency disease is night blindness.
