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What results from deficiencies in some B vitamins?
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.
What is the deficiency name for vitamin A?
Vitamin A deficiency is known as hypovitaminosis A or vitamin A deficiency disorder. It is a significant public health concern globally, especially in developing countries, and can lead to symptoms such as night blindness, dry skin, and impaired immune function.
What is folate?
A salt or ester of folic acid. Folate, also called folic acid, folacin, or vitamin B9, is a water-soluble B-complex vitamin that is essential for human growth and development. It is made up of three components: para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), glutamic acid, and pteridine. The latter two components explain the technical chemical name for folate: pteroylmonoglutamate. Because folate is one of the most chemically complex vitamins, it is also complicated in its interaction with your body. Most foods do not contain folate in the exact form described above, so enzymes inside your intestines must chemically alter food forms of folate in order for you to absorb it. Even when your body is operating at full efficiency, you can absorb only about 50% of the folate from your food.
What is the major cofactor formed from folate?
The major cofactor formed from folate is tetrahydrofolate (THF). It plays a crucial role in transferring one-carbon units in various biochemical reactions, including nucleotide synthesis and amino acid metabolism.
What are the treatments for vitamin E deficiency?
Vitamin E deficiency in humans results in ataxia (poor muscle coordination with shaky movements), decreased sensation to vibration, lack of reflexes, and http://www.answers.com/topic/paralysis of eye muscles. One particularly severe symptom of vitamin E deficiency is the inability to walk.
What has the author Inki Hayashi written?
Inki Hayashi has written: 'The modulatory effects of folate deficiency on mRNA and/or protein expression of the genes involved in folate metabolism and one-carbon transfer reactions using an in vitro folate deficient model of colorectal cancer'
Where might one go to learn more about the symptoms of zinc deficiency?
If you want to learn about symptoms of Zinc Deficiency, the one person you should be heavily interested in seeing would be a Nutritionist. A Nutritionist would be able to explain every aspect of the symptoms one would experience with a Zinc Deficiency. Also have the benefit of learning how to control it and ending your deficiency.
What are the symptoms for vitamin D deficiency?
Some of the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency include bone pain and muscle weakness. These symptoms are usually subtle though, so if one is at risk of this deficiency, blood tests would be recommended to check the levels of this vitamin.
List of deficiency diseases and their symptoms?
Rickets in children and osteomalacia are examples of deficiency diseases due to vitamin deficiency. Scurvy is an example of vitamin C deficiency. Beriberi is an example of vitamin B one deficiency. (Both, wet beriberi and dry beriberi.) Pellagra is an example of Niacin deficiency. Anemia is caused by deficiency of vitamin B 12 and Folic acid. Burning feet syndrome is caused by the deficiency of Pantothenic acid. Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of vitamin A. Kwashiorkor and marasmus are caused by deficiency of proteins and food, respectively. Poverty is caused by deficiency of kindness. Inequality is caused by deficiency of compassion.
Is folate a b vitamin?
Yes folate is one of the B vitamins
What are the effects of low folic acid?
What is folic acid deficiency anemia? Folic acid deficiency anemia happens when your body does not get enough folic acid. Folic acid is one of the B vitamins, and it helps your body make new cells, including new red blood cells. Your body needs red blood cells to carry oxygen. If you have don't have enough red blood cells, you have anemia, which can make you feel weak and tired. So it's important that you get enough folic acid every day. Most people get enough folic acid in the food they eat. But some people either don't get enough in their diet or have trouble absorbing it from the foods they eat. Talk to your doctor about whether you should take a daily vitamin with folic acid. Pregnant women who do not get enough folic acid are more likely to have babies with very serious birth defects.
What are deficiency diseases Name three deficiency diseases and also write their causes and symptoms?
A deficiency disease is one caused by a lack of something we need. Some examples are:scurvy, caused by insufficient vitamin C. Symptoms include bleeding gums and failure to heal.rickets, caused by lack of calcium or vitamin D. Symptoms are weak, soft bones and stunted growth.Pellagra, caused by lack of vitamin B3, niacin. Symptoms include inflamed skin, diarrhea, dementia, and sores in the mouth.
What results from deficiencies in some B vitamins?
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.
What is the relation between pernicious anemia and megaloplastic anemia?
the two terms are more or less interchangeable but they are not exactly the same. Pernicious anaemia refers specifically to a condition where B12 fails to absorb in the gut: intrinsic factor is necessary for this absorption and is secreted by gastric pareital cells. Failure to secrete this substance can be due to atrophy of the cells, their absence due to total or partial gasrectomy or from circulating autoimmune pareital cell antibodies. There are other causes of failure to absorb B12 such as Blind Loop Syndrome but this is not known as Pernicious Anaemia. Nor is folate deficiency however all these conditions are known as megaloblastic anaemias. The diagnostic features of all this group of anaemias include megaloblasts in the bone marrow and are morphologically indistinguishable whether caused by B12 deficiency (for whatever reason) or folate deficiency. As far as I know, the two terms are more or less interchangeable. Both apply to a kind of anaemia caused by a deficiency of either B vitamins B12 or B9 (folic acid). It is characterised by big red blood cells i.e. a raised MCV (mean cell volume). If one looks at the developing red cells in the bone marrow they have a characteristic appearance and are known as MEGALOBLASTS. Poor diet can be the cause of folic acid (folate) deficiency but the most likely cause of B12 deficiency is a failure to absorb the vitamin due to a problem in the gut. Both are easily treated. Injections of vitamin B12 will cause a remarkably quick recovery. Oral folate supplements will remedy this deficiency quickly too.
Name one nutritional disorder found in children caused by a deficiency of protein and energy in the diet?
marasmus could be one... another is kwashiorkor...
What is the deficiency name for vitamin A?
Vitamin A deficiency is known as hypovitaminosis A or vitamin A deficiency disorder. It is a significant public health concern globally, especially in developing countries, and can lead to symptoms such as night blindness, dry skin, and impaired immune function.
What benefits are gained from Vitamin B12?
Cells in your stomach secretes something called intrinsic factor. This is needed to take up B12 in your small intestine. From there it is transported to the liver where it is stored, utilized and transported. B12 walks hand in hand with a vitamin called folate or folic acid. B12 is needed for myelination of neurons. That is a covering of the axons that increases the speed of nerve impulses. Folate is needed for proper DNA replication. At last B12 is needed to activate folate. This means that if you have B12 deficiency you will also have folate deficiency. Since folate is vital for DNA replication the cells will divide as usual, but it will be sluggish and incomplete nuclei material. The cells will be bigger. This happens to all cells, but is first seen in cells with low turn-over time such as red blood cells (120 days). Abnormally big red blood cells are called megaloblastic anemia. B12 deficiency will impaire your neural system, most importantly the CNS (central nervous system). This means that a megaloblastic anemia can be cured with folate supplements, but neuronal symptoms can only be cured by B12. If the problem is with the stomach cells secreting the intrinsic factor you will need to bypass that mechanism of the enterohepatic pathway (from the enterocytes in the small intestine to the hepatocytes in the liver). This is done by a shot of B12. If intrinsic factor was the problem, folate deficiency and the anemia will cure itself.
