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Vitamin A
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Under- Follicular Hyperkeratosis, skin desquamation, vision problems, immune deficiencies
Over- Skin desquamation, polar bear liver, same as under, orange skin, toxic |
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Thiamin (B1)
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Under- Beriberi, alcoholic like symptoms, cardiomegaly, peripheral neuro, glucose makes worse
Over- None Given |
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Pyroxidine (B6)
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Under- Amino acid problems, drug interactions, poly neuropathy, glossitis, chelosis, angular stomatitis or chelitis, oculo-orogenital syndrome, hobo stuff
Over-ataxia, possibly permanent |
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Folic Acid
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Function- Huge number of rxn
Under- inadequate diet of greens and liver, messed up neural tubes in babies, smoking and methotrexate, macrocytic anemia with low white and platelet count, test in blood |
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B12
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stored in liver, excreted in bile, gastric surgery messes up, vegeterians curse, macrocytic anemia, like folic acid, cerebrospinal deterioration, peripheral and central neuropathy, give nasal gel or spray
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Iron
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caused by blood loss, stored in liver, spleen, marrow, ferritin, very common
under- microcytic anemia, hypochromism, glossitis, tachycardia over- hemochromatosis |
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Vitamin C
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collagen related, stores last 6 weeks, caused by smoking, stress
Under- scurvy- follicular hyperkeratosis, corkscrew hairs, perifolicular petechiae, ecchymosis, swollen, retracted, bleeding gums Over- diarrhea, very hard to cause |
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Pyroxidine
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almost nothing stored in body
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Zinc
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important for GI, cofactor for enzymes, stored in bone and muscle, caused by 3rd world diets only or malabsorbing because it forms soaps with free fa, trauma and burn get this
Under- growth retardation and hypogonadism, impaired taste and smell, dry scaling skin and poor wound healing |
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Four most common deficiencies worldwide
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Zinc, Vit A, Iron, iodine
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