What are the Complications of Vitamin Deficiency?

Water Soluble Vitamins

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

• Prolonged deficiency - Scurvy

Vitamin B Complex

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

• Prolonged deficiency - Beri- beri

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

• Prolonged deficiency - Skin Lesions

Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

• Prolonged deficiency - Pellagra

Vitamin B6 ( Pyridoxine)?

• Prolonged deficiency - Peripheral Neuritis

Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid/Folacin)

• Prolonged deficiency - Megaloblastic Anemia

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamine/Cyanocobalamine)

• Prolonged deficiency - Pernicious Anemia

Panthotenic Acid

• Deficiency - fatigue, sleeplessness, nausea, poor coordination

Biotin

• Deficiency - fatigue and deppression

Fat Soluble Vitamins

Vitamin A (Retinol)

• Deficiency - Night Blindness and Opacity of the Lens

Vitamin D (Ergocalciferol)

• Deficiency to Children - Rickets
• Deficiency to Adults - Osteomalacia

Vitamin E (Tocoferol)

• Deficiency - Anemia

Vitamin K (Menadione)

• Deficiency - Bleeding