Gastro - Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies & Toxicities

Match the symptoms to the vitamin/mineral deficiency
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deficiency
muscle pain, cardiomyopathy, thyroid and immune dysfunction
selenium
angular cheilitis, stomatitis, glossitis, depression, confusion, irritability, seizures in infants
vitamin B6
corkscrew hairs, perifollicular hemorrhages, impaired wound healing, petechiae, ecchymoses, gingivitis, bleeding, arthralgia, limp, depression, malaise, vasomotor problems
vitamin C
pellagra: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, delusions, glossitis, stomatitis
vitamin B3
impaired glucose tolerance —> diabetes
chromium
microcytic anemia, koilonychia, pica, glossitis
iron
impaired taste, slow wound healing, rash, alopecia, pustular rash around mouth and extremities, hypogonadism, immune dysfunction
zinc
megaloblastic anemia, confusion, paresthesias, ataxia, glossitis
vitamin B12
hemorrhage, prolonged PTT
vitamin K
cretinism, goiter
iodine
night blindness, dry eyes, scaly rash, follicular hyperkeratosis, bitot spots
vitamin A
peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, anemia
vitamin E
AMS, ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, memory impairment, confabulation, peripheral neuropathy, high output heart failure
vitamin B1
irritability, emotional lability, hallucinations, psychoses
manganese
osteomalacia, rickets, hypocalcemia
vitamin D
kinked/brittle hair, skin depigmentation, osteoporosis, anemia, ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, intellectual disability
chromium
dental caries
fluoride
seborrheic dermatitis, normocytic anemia, angular cheilitis, stomatitis, glossitis
vitamin B2
megaloblastic anemia, neural tube defects
vitamin B9
toxicity
abdominal pain, diarrhea
vitamin C
irritability, pruritus, bone thickening, high ICP
vitamin A
myxedema
iodine
hyperpigmented skin, arthralgia, chondrocalcinosis, hepatomegaly, hypogonadism, hypothyroidism, cardiomyopathy, bacterial infections
iron
necrotizing enterocolitis in infants
vitamin E
hair loss, nail damage
selenium
hemolysis, kernicterus in children
vitamin K
peripheral neuropathy
vitamin B6
hypercalcemia, renal toxicity
vitamin D
tremor, Parkinsonism, psychoses, cirrhosis, kaiser fleischer rings
copper
tooth discoloration, bone exotoses
fluoride
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