Fat Soluble Vitamins

Fat Soluble vitamins and their deficiencies.

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Symptoms: Nyctalopia - night blindness. Xerosis - drying of cornea. Xeropthalmia - blindness in children.
Vitamin A
Acute: Abdominal pain + vomittingChronic: Insomnia + loss of hair + peeling of skin.
Hypervitaminosis A
Symptoms: Bone mineralization, Rickets, Osteomalacia + Osteoperosis. Tetany and seizures.
Vitamin D
Symptoms:Acute: Nausea and vomitting + Muscle weakness.Chronic: Metastatic calcification + Calcification of Arteries + Heart failure.
Hypervitaminosis D
Symptoms:Fat malabsoprtion, hemolysis, Hepatic Necrosis.
Vitamin E
Symptoms: Hemorrhagic disease in neonates. Porlonged prothrombin time.
Vitamin K
Symptoms:Hemolytic Anemia + Jaundice.
Hypervitaminosis K