Deficiency diseases are the diseases caused due to the insufficient intake of certain essential nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. Explore the important deficiency diseases and their prevention.
VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY AND NERVOUS DISEASESdoi:10.1097/00005053-193902000-00005LEWYF. H.Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
Vitamin D Deficiency (VDD) Related Diseases. You & your physician should know your Vitamin D blood level. About 70-80% of Americans are Vitamin D Deficient (VDD) and VDD may allow or enhance 300+ illnesses like: Allergies&Asthma Alzheimer’s & Dementia ...
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children, with an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 becoming blind each year. In addition to blindness, children with a deficiency of vitamin A have anincreased risk of developing severe illnessesfrom common childhood diseases, such ...
Vitamin B1deficiency is marked by a broad range of neurological, respiratory, and cardiovascular pathophysiologies and is termed beriberi. Symptoms of beriberi are difficult to directly link to the molecular functions of vitamin B1[40]. In a 2DGE-MS-based study of type 2 diabetic and healthy ...
In the past, a similar link was drawn between vitamin D deficiency and severe tuberculosis, only to be disproved during large-scale studies. "This is just to say that we know this in science, that it's not any association you find is a causal association. Things might just...
2) Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Food sources:Mushrooms, sunflower seeds, tuna, and broccoli. Vitamin deficiency symptoms:Chronic fatigue, loss of appetite, nerve damage, heart palpitations, mental confusion, depression, dementia, forgetfulness, nervous irritability, Beriberi disease, crossed eyes, dim vision...
Pipecolate levels have been associated with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy, but direct association of B6 deficiency and pipecolic acid metabolism is unlikely [30]. Indeed, we observed a positive correlation between B6 intake and pipecolate measured in plasma in our study. The directions of effect for ...
What are the symptoms of thiamine/vitamin B1 deficiency? Severe thiamine deficiency is also known asberiberi. Signs and symptoms of beriberi canincludeheart failure, muscle weakness, delirium or confusion, and a burning sensation in the hands and feet. Other symptoms can still be experienced even...
In summary, the adaptive immune system is downregulated by 1,25(OH)2D and therefore vitamin D deficiency might predispose to autoimmune diseases9. Observational studies have suggested this effect might apply to humans, but too few intervention studies have been conducted to evaluate this statement. ...