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What might dry, flaking or scaling skin indicate?
Vitamin A or B deficiency
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What might petechiae indicate?
Vitamin C or K deficiency
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What might cracked skin indicate?
Niacin or Trypto deficiency
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What might dull, dry or sparse hair indicate?
Protein, linoleic acid, zinc or copper deficiency
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What are Bitot's spots and what do they indicate?
- Foamy plaques of cornea
- Vitamin A deficiency
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What is xeropthalmia and what does it mean?
- Eye dryness
- Vitamin A deficiency
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What is keratomalacia and what does it indicate?
- Softening of the eye? Cornea?
- Vitamin A deficiency
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What does pale conjunctiva tell us?
Iron, B6 or B12 deficiency
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What do red conjunctiva mean?
Riboflavin deficiency
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What is cheilosis and what does it indicate?
- Vertical cracking of lips
- Niacin or riboflavin deficiency
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What is anugular stomatitis and what does it indicate?
- Red cracks in corners of mouth
- Riboflavin, niacin, iron or B6 deficiency
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What is glossitis and what does it indicate?
- Beefy, swollen, shiny tongue
- Vitamin B complex deficiency
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What does a pale tongue indicate?
Iron deficiency
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What does papillary atrophy indicate?
Niacin deficiency
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What about a purple or magenta tongue?
Riboflavin deficiency
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Bleeding gums?
Vitamin C deficiency
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What doe brittle, ridged/rigid or spoon shaped nails mean?
Iron deficiency
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What are splinter hemorrhages and what do they indicate?
- Vertical bruising/bleeding lines in nails
- Vitamin C deficiency
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What are the s/s of Vitamin A deficiency?
- Dry, flaky, scaly skin
- Bitot's spots
- Keratomalacia
- Xeropthalmia
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Just Vitamin B deficiency?
Dry, flaky, scaly skin
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What are the s/s of Vitamin B6 deficiency?
- Pale conjunctiva
- Anugular stomatitis
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What are the s/s of Vitamin B12 deficiency?
Pale conjunctiva
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What are the s/s of Vitamin K deficiency?
Petechiae
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Copper deficiency?
Dull, dry, sparse hair
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What are the s/s of iron deficiency?
- Pale conjunctiva
- Pale tongue
- Anugular stomatitis
- Brittle, ridged, spoon-shaped nails
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What are the s/s of linoleic acid deficiency?
Dull, dry, sparse hair
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What are the s/s of niacin deficieny?
- Cracked skin
- Cheilosis
- Anugular stomatitis
- Papillary atrophy
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S/s of protein deficiency?
- Dull, dry, sparse hair
- (non-skin: kwashiorkor... other PCM probs)
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What are the s/s of riboflavin deficiency?
- Red conjunctiva
- Purple/magenta tongue
- Cheilosis
- Anugular stomatitis
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S/S of trypto deficiency?
Cracked skin
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S/S of zinc deficiency?
Dull, dry, sparse hair
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What do xanthomas indicate?
High cholesterol
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