Vitamin Deficiencies
Other mechanisms: - Malnutrition + vitamin deficiencies - Impaired digestive function (chronic gastric + intestinal mucosal damage + pancreatitis)
Vitamin Deficiencies
- Vitamin A — night blindness, xerophthalmia
- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) — Beriberi, Wernicke's encephalopathy
- Vitamin B12/Folate — megaloblastic anaemia
- Vitamin C — Scurvy (collagen defect)
- Vitamin D — Rickets (children), Osteomalacia (adults)
Read this in CRUSH COURSE YEAR 3 SEM 1 WORK (Part 1)
What our notes say
- Other mechanisms: - Malnutrition + vitamin deficiencies - Impaired digestive function (chronic gastric + intestinal mucosal damage + pancreatitis) (Liver Histology & Physiology)