Deficiency of Vitamins
Deficiency of vitamins can result serious health problems, while deficiency of each vitamin results different health disorders and problems. Deficiency of vitamins is also often cause of many diseases which are commonly known as avitaminosis.
- deficiency of vitamin A results night blindness, abnormalities of skin and of the genitourinary system, xerophthalmia and immunodeficiency
- deficiency of vitamin B1 can cause neurological and gastrointestinal abnormalities, beriberi and in severe cases also paralysis and death
- deficiency of vitamin B2 can result angular cheilitis, glossitis (inflammation of the tongue), various skin abnormalities and irritation of the eyes
- deficiency of vitamin B3 can cause pellagra, a disease which causes dermatitis, insomnia, mental confusion and diarrhea which can in severest cases result death
- deficiency of vitamin B5 usually does not result any greater health disorders
- deficiency of vitamin B6 can result inadequate growth, weight loss, anemia and disorders of the nervous system
- deficiency of biotin (vitamin B7) does not result any greater health disorders
- deficiency of vitamin B9 can cause anemia and in pregnant women birth defects
- deficiency of vitamin B12 results megaloblastic anemia, pernicious anemia, nervous system degeneration and amenorrhea
- deficiency of vitamin C causes scurvy which eventually even lead to death
- deficiency of vitamin D can lead to several bone diseases and disorders such as rickets, osteomalacia and osteoporosis
- deficiency of vitamin E does nor cause any health
- deficiency of vitamin K results impaired blood coagulation and abnormalities of developing bones although deficiency of vitamin K is relatively rare