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Vitamin deficiency

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Introduction

Introduction Vitamins are essential for maintaining good health. Most of them cannot be synthesized in the body and must be taken from food. Although the body's need for vitamins is small, when it is lacking, it can cause vitamin deficiency. Vitamins are a healthy element in each of us. In the absence of vitamins in the human body, the corresponding metabolic reactions will cause problems, resulting in vitamin deficiency. Lack of vitamins will make our body's metabolism unbalanced, immunity will decline, and various diseases and viruses will come into being.

Cause

Cause

Reasons for vitamin deficiency:

Vitamins are a kind of organic substances necessary for maintaining the normal physiological functions of the human body. The main function is to regulate the body's metabolism and not produce energy. Although the amount is not much, most vitamins cannot be synthesized or synthesized in an insufficient amount, so they must be supplied from food. Fat-soluble vitamin excretion is slow, and when it is lacking, any symptoms appear later, and excess is likely to cause poisoning. Water-soluble vitamins are easily soluble in water, and the excess part can be quickly excreted from the urine, which is difficult to store and needs to be supplied daily; the symptoms are rapidly diagnosed and treated after lack of it, and the excess is generally less prone to poisoning.

Examine

an examination

Related inspection

Trace elements in humans detect vitamin A binding protein (RBP) plasma vitamin B12 vitamin E (VitE, VE) vitamin E

Examination and diagnosis of vitamin deficiency:

Vitamin A deficiency: The nails have a profound white line, dry hair, rough skin, memory loss, irritability and insomnia.

Vitamin B1 deficiency: Allergic reactions to the sound, intermittent pain in the calves.

Vitamin B2 deficiency: The corners of the mouth are ruptured and ulcerated, and various skin diseases occur, and the hands and feet have a burning sensation. An overly sensitive response to light.

Vitamin B3 deficiency: red tongue, bad breath, mouth ulcers, low mood.

Vitamin B6 deficiency: thick tongue coating, puffy lips, scalp, dry mouth and mucous membranes.

Lack of vitamin B12: The action is easy to lose balance, the body has intermittent positional pain, and the fingers and toes are sore.

Lack of vitamin C: The wound is not easy to heal, weak, bleeding, and thick tongue coating.

If you find that the above phenomenon, especially for the elderly, it is best to ask a doctor, do not make a claim to take vitamins. Vitamins that are not dosed are harmful to the body.

Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of vitamin deficiency:

Fat-soluble vitamin deficiency: Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamins A, D, E, and K. They are insoluble in water and soluble in lipids and fatty solvents. Fat-soluble vitamins coexist in the food with lipids and are absorbed along with the lipids. The absorbed fat-soluble vitamin is transported in the blood by specifically binding to lipoproteins and certain specific binding proteins. The fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K have certain biological functions, and once they are lacking, the corresponding symptoms will appear.

Vitamin A deficiency: nails appear concave lines, skin itching, peeling, rough hair dry, tears in the eyes, blurred vision, night blindness, dry eye inflammation, hair loss, memory loss, mental confusion, low sexual desire. Therefore, you should eat more salmon, halibut, shark, cod liver oil, chicken, sheep, liver, egg yolk, butter, margarine, cheese, citrus, jujube, sweet potato, carrot, parsley, leeks, leeks, spinach, day lily, lettuce leaves, Tomatoes, beans and other foods rich in vitamin A, of which chicken liver contains the highest vitamin A.

Vitamin B1 deficiency: beriberi, indigestion, poor color, allergies to the sound, occasional pain in the calf, constipation, anorexia, vomiting in severe cases, edema of the extremities, etc. Therefore, we must pay attention to eat more pork, animal liver and kidney, whole milk powder, millet, corn, beans, peanuts, nuts, pumpkin, loofah, bayberry, seaweed and other foods containing more vitamin B1, of which peanuts contain vitamin Bl .

Vitamin B2 deficiency: mouth ulceration, nasal swelling, insomnia, headache, mental fatigue, eye fear, inflammation of the cornea, oily skin, increased dandruff, burning heart and heart. Therefore, it is necessary to eat more animal liver and heart, chicken, eggs, milk, soybeans, black fungus, green vegetables and other foods containing high vitamin B2. The liver of the animal liver contains vitamin B2 in the food.

Vitamin B3 deficiency: swelling of the tongue and bad breath. Therefore, you should eat more lean meat, beef liver and other foods.

Vitamin B6 deficiency: swelling of the lips and tongue, dry mucous membranes, muscle spasms, excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnant women. Eat more potatoes, pumpkins, beer and other foods.

Vitamin B12 deficiency: rough skin, thin hair, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, tingling in fingers and toes. It is advisable to eat fish, shrimp, poultry, eggs and various animal livers.

Vitamin C deficiency: bone and dentin loose, wounds are difficult to heal, gums are bleeding, the tongue has deep marks, can not adapt to environmental changes, susceptible to colds, microvascular rupture, severe sepsis. Pay attention to eat more fresh dates, hawthorn, citrus, kiwi, persimmon, mango, cucumber, white radish, loofah, tomato, spinach, coriander, leeks, bean sprouts and other foods rich in vitamin C, including fresh dates in the fruit Contains the highest vitamin C. Vitamin D deficiency: rickets, softening the disease, often sweating on the head. The foods that should be eaten more are fish and shrimp, egg yolk, dairy products, mushrooms, and eggplant.

Vitamin E deficiency: muscle atrophy, dry scalp, split ends, easy to sweat, low sexual function, dysmenorrhea in women. Eat more meat, eggs, milk and their products, peanut oil, corn oil, sesame oil and other foods.

Vitamin P deficiency: capillaries become brittle and break bleeding, atherosclerosis. Eat more buckwheat, cowpea, lentils, apricots, grapes, eggplant, celery and other foods.