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deficiency diseases and their symptoms

Fakeha Anis · Accepted Answer

Solution:

The associated deficiency diseases for various vitamins are given
in the following table:

Vitamin

Deficiency disease

Symptoms

1
Vitamin A
Night-blindness

Trouble adapting to the dark while driving at night
Blurry vision in dark
Difficulty seeing in places with dim lighting

2

Vitamin B
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Beri-beri

Confusions
Difficulty in walking
Strange eye movements
Difficulties in speech
Loss of sensation in hands and feet

3
Vitamin C
Scurvy

Nausea
Anaemia
Headache
Exhaustion
Bulging eyes
Chest pain
Bleeding gums

4
Vitamin D
Rickets

Reduced growth and short height
Fractures in bones
Softening of bones
Pain in the bones of arms, legs, pelvis, and spine
Deformities in teeth

5
Vitamin K
Vitamin K deficiency
Hemorrhage into the skin (causing bruises), from the nose, from
a wound, in the stomach, or in the intestine

	Vitamin	Deficiency disease	Symptoms
1.	Vitamin A	Night-blindness	Trouble adapting to the dark while driving at night. Blurry vision in dark Difficulty seeing in places with dim lighting.
2.	Vitamin B complex	Beri-beri	Confusions. Difficulty in walking. Strange eye movements. Difficulties in speech. Loss of sensation in hands and feet.
3.	Vitamin C	Scurvy	Nausea. Anaemia. Headache. Exhaustion. Bulging eyes. Chest pain. Bleeding gums.
4.	Vitamin D	Rickets	Reduced growth and short height. Fractures in bones. Softening of bones. Pain in the bones of arms, legs, pelvis, and spine. Deformities in teeth.
5.	Vitamin K	Vitamin K deficiency	Hemorrhage into the skin (causing bruises), from the nose, from a wound, in the stomach, or in the intestine.