
DOCTORS SQUAD
February 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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*Vitamin Deficiency States*
*B Vitamins*
1. *Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)*:
- Beri Beri
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
2. *Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)*:
- Ariboflavinosis
- Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Angular Stomatitis
- Cheilosis (lip fold cracks)
- Glossitis
3. *Vitamin B3 (Niacin)*:
- Pellagra (6 D's: Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia, Delirium, Depression, Death)
1. *Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)*:
- Burning Foot Syndrome
- Dermatitis
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Alopecia
2. *Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)*:
- Microcytic Anemia
- Epileptic Convulsions (infants)
3. *Vitamin B7 (Biotin)*:
- Exfoliative Dermatitis
- Anorexia
- Hallucinations
- Atrophic Glossitis
4. *Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid)*:
- Megaloblastic Anemia
- Neural Tube defects
- Neuropathy
5. *Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)*:
- Megaloblastic Anemia
- Dementia
- Spinal cord degeneration
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*Other Vitamins*
1. *Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)*:
- Scurvy
- Bleeding Gums
- Poor wound healing
2. *Vitamin A (Retinol/Beta Carotene)*:
- Night blindness
- Bitot’s Spots
- Growth Retardation
- Xerophthalmia
1. *Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol)*:
- Rickets (children)
- Osteomalacia (adults)
2. *Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol)*:
- Neurological problems
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Retinopathy
- Dry skin and hair loss
3. *Vitamin K*:
- Ecchymotic patches
- Increased Prothrombin time
- Easy bruising