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    This document summarizes common vitamin and mineral deficiencies and toxicities. It lists various vitamins and minerals, the deficiencies that can result from a lack of each, and potential toxic effects from too much. Vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness and bone fractures from toxicity. Vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, while too much causes hypervitaminosis D. Zinc deficiency results in rashes and growth issues, while iron deficiency causes anemia.

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    This document summarizes common vitamin and mineral deficiencies and toxicities. It lists various vitamins and minerals, the deficiencies that can result from a lack of each, and potential toxic effects from too much. Vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness and bone fractures from toxicity. Vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, while too much causes hypervitaminosis D. Zinc deficiency results in rashes and growth issues, while iron deficiency causes anemia.

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    NUTRITION

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    Sidrah Sajjad
    This document summarizes common vitamin and mineral deficiencies and toxicities. It lists various vitamins and minerals, the deficiencies that can result from a lack of each, and potential toxic effects from too much. Vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness and bone fractures from toxicity. Vitamin D deficiency leads to rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, while too much causes hypervitaminosis D. Zinc deficiency results in rashes and growth issues, while iron deficiency causes anemia.

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    VITAMINS DEFICIENCY TOXICITY

    A NIGHT BLINDNESS, PRODUCTION OF


    XEROPHTHALMIA, OSTEOCLASTS, FRACTURE OF
    SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA BONES, FETAL
    MALFORMATIONS, BLURRED
    VISION.
    D RICKETS IN CHILDREN AND HYPERVITAMINOSIS
    OSTEOMALACIA IN ADULTS,
    PTH PRODUCTION
    E SPINOCEREBELLAR
    DEGENERATION
    K BLEEDING DIATHESIS
    B12 MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA
    FOLATE MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA,
    NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
    B1 BERI BERI AND WERNICKES
    SYNDROME
    B2, B6 CHEILOSIS, GLOSTITIS
    NIACIN PELLAGRA
    C SCURVY

    ELEMENT DEFICIENCIES

    ELEMENT DEFICIENCY
    ZINC RASHES (ACRODEMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA) ANOREXIA, DIARRHEA,
    GROWTH RETARDATION, DEPRESS WOUND HEALING AND MENTAL
    FUNCTION, IMPAIRED NIGHT VISION, INFERTILITY.
    IRON
    HYPOCHROMIC, MICROCYTIC ANEMIA
    IODINE GOITER AND HYPOTHYROIDISM
    COPPER MUSCLE WEAKNESS, NEUROLOGICAL DEFECTS, ABNORMAL COLLAGEN
    CROSSLINKING
    FLUORIDE
    DENTAL CARIES
    SELENIUM MYOPATHY, CARDIOMYOPATHY

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