Nutritional deficiency and Diseases Vitamin A – night-blindness Vitamin B1 – beriberi
Vitamin B2 – ariboflavinosis
Vitamin B3 – pellagra
Vitamin B5 – acne, paresthesia
Vitamin B6 – dandruff-like eruptions, pink eye, epilepsy
Vitamin B7 – growth & neurological disorders in infants
Vitamin B9 – macrocytic anemia, birth defects
Vitamin B12 – macrocytic anemia, memory loss, pernicious anemia, mania, psychosis, paralysis
Vitamin C – scurvy
Vitamin D – rickets, osteomalacia
Vitamin E – red blood cell, destruction, ataxia, retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy, reproductive failure
Essential fatty acids – several bodily processes afflicted, skin ailments.
vitamin K – lack of clotting of blood, lack of tissue renewal
Iron – anemia, arrhythmia Potassium – high BP, arrhythmia, muscle weakness, myalgia, muscle cramps, constipation, respiratory depression, paralysis Calcium – osteoporosis, hypocalcemia, osteopenia Magnesium – deterioration of metabolism & cellular functioning, heart attacks, insulin resistance Sodium – cognitive impairment, headaches, nausea, seizure, coma, electrolyte imbalance Iodine – goitre, cretinism, deterioration of metabolism & cellular functioning
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