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Question
Which among the following is caused by Deficiency of vitamin D?
A. Rickets
B. Scurvy
C. Beriberi
D. Phrynoderma
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A. Rickets
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Rickets represents the classic disease of vitamin D deficiency. Signs of deficiency are muscle soreness, weakness, and bone pain. Some of these effects are independent of calcium intake.
Nutrient
|
Clinical Finding
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Thiamine
|
Beriberi: neuropathy, muscle weakness and wasting, cardiomegaly, edema, ophthalmoplegia, confabulation. |
Riboflavin |
Magenta tongue, angular stomatitis, seborrhea, cheilosis. |
Niacin |
Pellagra: pigmented rash of sun-exposed areas, bright red tongue, diarrhea, apathy, memory loss, disorientation. |
Vitamin B6 |
Seborrhea, glossitis, convulsions, neuropathy, depression, confusion, microcytic anemia. |
Folate |
Megaloblastic anemia, atrophic glossitis, depression, homocysteine increases. |
Vitamin B12 |
Megaloblastic anemia, loss of vibratory and position sense, abnormal gait, dementia, impotence, loss of bladder and bowel control, homocysteine increases, methylmalonic acid increases |
Vitamin C |
Scurvy: petechiae, ecchymosis, coiled hairs, inflamed and bleeding gums, joint effusion, poor wound healing, fatigue. |
Vitamin A |
Xerophthalmia, night blindness, Bitot’s spots, follicular hyperkeratosis, impaired embryonic development, immune dysfunction,Phrynoderma. |
Vitamin D |
Rickets: skeletal deformation, rachitic rosary, bowed legs; osteomalacia. |
Vitamin E |
Peripheral neuropathy, spinocerebellar ataxia, skeletal muscle atrophy, retinopathy. |
Vitamin K |
Elevated prothrombin time, bleeding.
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References
Page no:602, Chapter 74. Vitamin and Trace Mineral Deficiency and Excess. In: Longo DL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Jameson J, Loscalzo J. eds.
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e. Reference link
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