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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.
The effects of vitamin A deficiency are most severe in what population group?
newborns
Rickets in children is caused by?
A severe or prolonged deficiency of Vitamin D
What is the kind of blindness that Vitamin A deficiency causes?
The first sign of Vitamin A deficiency is night blindness. Severe Vitamin A deficiency can cause Xerophthalmia (dry eye in which the eyes cannot produce tears) and complete blindness.
What is the disease caused by severe lack of vitamin c?
Scurvy.....Scurvy cannot be spread, it is a deficiency disease. Scurvy is caused by a severe lack of vitamin C.
What is the disease when you don't use vitamin A?
Not using enough vitamin A can lead to a condition called vitamin A deficiency. This deficiency can cause symptoms such as night blindness, dry eyes, and increased susceptibility to infections. Severe cases of vitamin A deficiency can result in irreversible blindness and even death.
What is the prognosis for vitamin B6 deficiency?
With proper treatment, the prognosis for vitamin B6 deficiency is usually good. Symptoms can often be reversed within a few weeks to months with vitamin B6 supplementation. However, if left untreated, severe and prolonged deficiency can lead to neurological complications and permanent damage.
What causes vitamin C deficiency anemia?
A rare disorder that causes the bone marrow to manufacture abnormally small red blood cells, vitamin C deficiency anemia results from a severe, long-standing dietary deficiency.
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.
Vitamin b1 deficiency disease?
Beriberi It is rare in the United States because foods are now vitamin fortified. If you consume a healthy diet, you should get enough thiamine.
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
Vitamin b2 deficiency disease?
Vitamin B2 deficiency can lead to a condition known as ariboflavinosis, causing symptoms like cracked lips, sore throat, and redness and swelling of the lining of the mouth and throat. Severe deficiency may result in skin rashes, anemia, and neurological symptoms. Treatment usually involves increasing intake of foods rich in vitamin B2 or taking supplements.
