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Nutritional deficiencies

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Potential nutrient deficiency:Failure to Thrive   energy, proteins, vitamins, trace elements  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Marasmus   protein and energy  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Kwashiorkor   protein  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: pallor   iron folate vitB12  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Ascites   protein  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Myxedema   iodine  
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What is Myxedema   puffy eyes, non-pitting edema  
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Potential nutrient deficiency:Goiter   iodine selenium  
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Potential nutrient deficiency:Impaired wound healing, pressure ulcer   energy, protein, vitC, vit A, trace elements  
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End of Global Presentation Nutrient Deficiencies   d  
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Beginning Musculo Skeletal System Nutrient Disorders   d  
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Vitamin D deficiency can cause   Craniotabes, thorax deformities, bowed legs, epiphyseal enlargement of the wrists  
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Vitamin C deficiency can cause   weakness joint pain, subperiosteal bleeding  
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Beginning of Skin and Appendage Nutrient Deficiencies   d  
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Potential nutrient deficiency:Nasolabial Seborrlea   riboflavin  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Angular Cheilosis   riboflavin, iron  
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Potential nutrient deficiency:Purpura   Vitamin K  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Local hyperpigmentation w/o UV exposure   niacin  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Ichthyosis   niacin  
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Chronic Skin Xerosis is what?   Dry scaly skin  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: chronic skin xerosis   Vit A and C  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Follicular hyperkeratosis, no bleeding   Vit A  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Follicular Hyperkeratosis, with petechiae   Vit C  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Corkscrew body hair   Vit C  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Splinter hemorrhages (nail bed)   Vit C  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Spoon nails (Koilonychia)   iron, zinc, copper, protein  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: white spots on nails (leukonychia)   zinc  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Banded hair-color variation   Protein, energy  
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Beginning of Oral nutrient deficiencies   dasdf  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Glossitis   energy, protein, riboflavin, iron, vit B12, folate, niacin  
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what is glossitis   beefy red tongue  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Magenta tongue   riboflavin  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Scarlet, raw tongue   niacin  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Swollen tongue w submucosal bleeding   vitamin C  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Pale, spongy receding bleeding gums   Vitamin C  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Angular stomatitis, cheilosis   riboflavin  
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Beggining of eyes and vision nutrient deficiencies   asdf  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Night Blindness   vitamin A, zinc  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Corneal keratomalacia   vitamin A  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Corneal scarring   vitamin A  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: sitots spots   vitamin A  
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Potential nutrient deficiency of what vitamin causes all eye and vision diseases taught this unit   Vitamin A  
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Blood deficiencies   asdf  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Hypochromic microcytic anemia   iron  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Macrocytic anemia   Vit B12 folate  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Hyper segmented neutrophils   Vit B12, folate  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Sidenoblastic anemia, anisocytosis   Copper vitamin B6  
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Potential nutrient deficiency: Neutropenia   Copper  
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what is Marasmus   severe starvation in children dramatic loss of adipose tissue and muscle  
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What is Kwashior Kor   very low protein intake (children)-peripheral edema, greatly enlarged abdomen, ascites  
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What is Beriberi   Thiamin deficiency, cardiac or neural pathology. Wet edema is sign for cardiac beriberi. Dry edema -neuropathy is confusion: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome  
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what is Pellagra?   Niacin deficiency->scarlet colored tongue, ichthyosis (thick , scaly, flaky patches) and hyper pigmentation w/o sun exposure  
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what is Pernicious Anemia   Vit B12 deficiency-pallor and severe macrocytic anemia  
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What is Xeropthalmia   vitA deficiency-night blindness, bitots spots (cloudy conjunctiva) corneal ulcers, keratomalacia, scarring, xerosis (dry scaly skin)  
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Scurvy   vitC deficiency: weakness, joint pain, puffy bleeding gums, swollen tongue, submucosal bleeding, corkscrew hair, follicular hyperkeratosis with petechiae  
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Rickets   VitD deficiency: Craniotabes (soft) bowed legs, beaded rigs, epiphyseal enlargement (wrists)  
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Goiter   Iodine deficiency: enlarged thyroid, myxedema-puffy eyes, non pitting edema  
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