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What threatens the lack of vitamins in the body?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The lack of vitamins can not be called a serious disease. But the consequences of it are so serious that you need to take on and control the doses of vitamins that enter the body. The reasons for the lack of vitamins and the consequences are in our material.
Vitamin Failure: Causes
Unlike the overabundance of vitamins - hypovitaminosis - vitamin deficiency is a lack of vitamins. We already know about this. What are the causes of this bad state?
- Diseases of internal organs and systems (chronic and latent)
- The most vitamin deficiency provokes diseases of the digestive system
- Drug administration for a long time
- Not suitable for human climate
- Stressed conditions of work with stress or high physical stress
- Overabundance of fats, carbohydrates and proteins
- A large amount of food processed thermally, with a poor diet of raw fruits, vegetables
- Incorrect storage of products (in too hot or too cold a place), violation of storage terms
Risk groups with a lack of vitamins
Vitamin deficiency is important to be able to recognize. To do this, you need to know the symptoms of beriberi. But, before talking about them, it is worth noting that a group of people at risk who suffer from a lack of vitamins include a fairly wide range of people. It's wrong to think that beriberi can occur only in expectant mothers or in very sick people who have undergone surgery or those who are physically involved. But this is far from the case. Avitaminosis can occur in anyone.
A lack of vitamins or poor digestion is facilitated by smoking, alcohol, stress, poor protein, fat and carbohydrates menu.
What are beriberi?
They are divided according to what vitamins are not enough in the body. It is this type of vitamin deficiency that is put to you as a diagnosis. For example, avitaminosis by type A, B, C, E, etc.
Avitaminosis by type A
In this avitaminosis, a person begins to see worse, eyes quickly get tired, colors can be mixed, the skin becomes rough, rough, hair can fall out.
Vitamin A is responsible for the health of the eyes, skin and hair, so its deficiency can cause a violation of their condition
B type avitaminosis
Since vitamins B are a whole group, vitamin deficiencies are also divided into groups. This vitamin deficiency according to type В1, В6, В12 - the main types of avitaminosis group B.
Beriberi of B1 type can lead to increased risk of neuroses, feet become less sensitive, can greatly hurt the calf muscles appear swelling, breathing is difficult, the heart may begin to beat irregularly, heavily, with discord in the rhythm.
Avitaminosis type B6 is characterized by a change in the color of the tongue. It turns red, even a little shiny, it can swell, it even leaves a print of teeth with a slight push. The skin begins to peel off, hurt when touched, eyes also fail - from them tears can flow, a person is worried about conjunctivitis.
Avitaminosis type 12 is a disturbed blood flow, an elevated cholesterol level, while the hemoglobin level is lower (in humans, anemia can be diagnosed). The concentration of erythrocytes - blood cells - is extremely low, which leads to poor blood coagulability. Even with a deficiency of vitamin B12 you can feel a strong weakness, increased fatigue, impaired vision. Hands and feet become less sensitive, stomach can hurt.
Avitaminosis type C
This type of avitaminosis is not so long ago considered a plague of the 20th century. His name is scurvy. With this disease, teeth may fall out, the nails may fade, the vessels are fragile and subject to destruction, muscles and joints ache. The gums are bleeding.
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Avitaminosis by type K
This type of avitaminosis is characterized by increased fragility and destructibility of blood vessels.
The gums are bleeding, any wound does not heal well, the blood very badly turns off - it's better if you do not hurt at all. How to check if you have a vitamin K deficiency in your body?
Pinch yourself and stretch the skin in the area of the brush (the back of her hand) Hold the skin so, counting to 50-60, and if you have a bruise or a redness there, then you have a lack of vitamin K.
Avitaminosis by type D
The lack of vitamin D in the body is called rickets. This disease is characterized by such manifestations.
- Bones very quickly break, they are irregular in shape, poorly fused in fractures
- If it is a child, then its torso is irregular in shape, the legs and arms can be deformed
- Teeth in children with a deficiency of vitamin D grow and erupt very slowly and unevenly
- Growth and physical development in general may be slowed down.
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Avitaminosis by type PP
His symptoms - puffiness of the hands and feet, hands are inflamed and aching. The skin is also not at its best - it flakes off, it hurts, it feels like a scaly skin, the skin becomes dark, as if it was poured with chocolate
The tongue becomes thick, bright in color, shiny, swollen. Physicians call this condition a pellagra. It can be accompanied by diarrhea, poor concentration, not very good memory, excessive attacks of aggression that can occur at any time.
If you have vitamin deficiency, immediately consult a doctor for examination and treatment. A deficiency of vitamins of a certain type can be determined by the characteristics listed above.
What causes beriberi?
By weakening the body, bad mood and well-being, a person can even get to the hospital.