Name: Mineral Deficiency Diseases
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 3 s
Description: Minerals are needed in small amounts, but a lack of them can cause serious diseases. Make sure you get your phosphorus, calcium, iron, and iodine.

Question

List the diseases caused by the deficiency of different vitamins in the diet. Describe the symptoms of each.

Accepted Answer

Deficiency of vitamin A: It causes night blindness.

Symptoms of night blindness: Poor vision in dim light.

Deficiency of vitamin B₁: It causes beri-beri.

Symptoms of beri-beri: Extreme weakness and sour mouth.

Deficiency of vitamin B12: It causes anaemia.

Symptoms of anaemia: Lack of stamina and appetite, pale body.

Deficiency of vitamin C: It causes scurvy.

Symptoms of scurvy: Swollen gums, loose teeth.

Deficiency of vitamin D: It causes rickets.

Symptoms of rickets: Brittle bones in children which break or bend easily.

Deficiency of vitamin K: It causes the haemophilia-like condition.

Symptoms of haemophilia: Excessive bleeding even in a small injury due to delayed blood clotting.

List the diseases caused by the deficiency of different vitamins in the diet. Describe the symptoms of each.

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