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Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
and Vitamin Deficiency ... : • Vitamin A ... - Dermatitis, alopecia ... #Deficiency #differential ... signs #symptoms #nutrition
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
: • Vitamin A - ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... Anemia • Zinc - Alopecia ... #nutrition #table
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
, Zinc deficiency ... , Vitamin A excess ... , Vitamin D deficiency ... Scaling, pustules, crusts ... • ANA • Vitamin
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Dietary • Iron deficiency ... • Zinc deficiency ... • Copper deficiency ... • Vitamin ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin ... drkeithsiau #Iron #Deficiency ... #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #anemia #nutrition
Osteomalacia & Osteoporosis in People with HIV
Osteomalacia:
 - Decreased bone matrix mineralization. In people with HIV
D deficiency (from ... multiple causes ... weakness, waddling gait ... of underlying cause ... D deficiency
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
C Deficiency) - ... • Persons with psychiatric ... Psychiatric symptoms ... C deficiency can ... , or any other cause
Causes of Purpura - Differential Diagnosis
Disruption in Vascular Integrity: 
 • Trauma, Infection, Vasculitis, Drug induced
Causes of Purpura ... vascular disorders, Nutritional ... deficiencies (Vitamin ... Clotting factor deficiency ... nonpalpable #palpable #Causes
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
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Causes of Polyneuropathy ... CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional ... deficiency • Toxic ... Heavy metals, Vitamin ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin ... deficiency (thiamine ... • Pellagra • Vitamin ... D deficiency