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| ==Types== | ==Types== | ||
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| *] deficiency leads to ] and ] | *] leads to ] and ] | ||
| *] deficiency leads to ] | *] leads to ] | ||
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| == References == | == References == | ||
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| Specialty | Endocrinology  |
Avitaminosis is any disease caused by chronic or long-term vitamin deficiency or caused by a defect in metabolic conversion, such as tryptophan to niacin. They are designated by the same letter as the vitamin.
Conversely hypervitaminosis is the syndrome of symptoms caused by over-retention of fat-soluble vitamins in the body.
Types
Avitaminoses include
- Vitamin A deficiency causes xerophthalmia or night blindness
- Thiamine deficiency causes beriberi
- Niacin deficiency causes pellagra
- Vitamin B12 deficiency leads to megaloblastic anemia and subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord
- Vitamin C deficiency leads to scurvy
- Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets
- Vitamin K deficiency causes impaired coagulation
References
- Lee Russell McDowell (2000). Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition (2 ed. ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0-8138-2630-6.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - Lydia Fehily (1944). "Human-milk intoxication due to B1 avitaminosis" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 2 (4374): 509-. PMC 2286425. PMID 20785731.
See also
- Essential nutrient
- Illnesses related to poor nutrition
- Vitamin#Human vitamins for more details.
- Orthomolecular medicine