PPT-VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY By-

Dr Aamena Zaidi Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition Science School of Health Science What is a Vitamin Vitamins are a group of essential nutrients that the human body requires for normal cell function development and growth and for maintaining overall proper health . • Vitamins are essential for life. • Vitamins are needed in small amounts. • Vitamins do not provide energy. • . Vitamins have to be supplied by . foods. History. Vitamins. Vitamins. Organic compounds. Required in minute amounts for growth and maintenance of health. Do not serve as a source of energy. Essential for energy transformation and regulation of metabolic processes. Cats and Dogs can not synthesize their own vitamin D and this must come in their diets every day. The Sunshine . Vitamin. The Sunshine Vitamin. What Dr. Lew Olsen has to say about . Vitamin D:. Vitamin D is the reason we love the sun so much, and why our pets do . Marylyn Kajs-Wyllie. RN,MSN,APRN,CNRN,CCRN,SCRN. Clinical Associate Professor, . St. David. ’. s School of Nursing . Objectives. Describe the physiologic functions of Vitamin D.. Relate the effects of Vitamin D deficiency to multiple disease states.. Integration of Metabolism. Vitamins. 1. Overview. Vitamins . are chemically unrelated organic compounds that cannot be synthesized in adequate quantities by humans and, therefore, must be supplied by the diet. . plasmapheresis. ?. J. Matthew . Rhinewalt. , MD, PGY-4. Internal Medicine/Pediatrics. University of MS Medical Center. Jackson, MS. Introduction. Vitamin B12 deficiency:. Multi-organ dysfunction. Variety of clinical presentations. also known as . ascorbic acid . or . ascorbate. .. The human being is one of the few mammals unable to synthesize vitamin C. . Other animals unable to synthesize vitamin C include primates, fruit bats, guinea pigs, and some birds.. all of the known essential water-soluble vitamins except for . vitamin C. .. Each member of the B-complex . has a . unique structure . and performs . unique functions . in the human body, and often coexists in the . M. Ali . Karamat. MBBS MRCP MD FRCP. Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer. Overview of calcium homeostasis. ¯ . Ca. 2+. ­. Ca. 2+. reabsorption. &. ­1,25 . DHD. ­ . PTH. bone resorption. vitamin K deficiency. About the Author: Robin C Koon. Robin has a broad background in clinical pharmacy and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical manufacturing with more than 25 years experience in clinical pharmacy. Besides filling prescriptions, he has worked as a drug chain executive overseeing operations and managed care (PBM), and in retail mass market (drug chain). He is licensed with the California State Board of Pharmacy and sits on the board of the California Pharmacist Association. . Alaska Tribal Health Webinar. April 9, 2021. Rachel K. Lescher, MD (she/her). Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Land Acknowledgement. I would like to acknowledge that I am speaking to you from . . Dr. Anil Kumar. Unit-3 . Assistant Professor. VCC, BASU, Patna. Vitamin K Deficiency. Vitamin K, a fat-soluble vitamin, is a group of . Unit-3. Dr. Anil Kumar. Assistant Professor, VCC, BVC, BASU,PATNA. Rickets is a disease of young growing animals caused by impaired mineralization of . physeal. and . epiphyseal. cartilage during . . Vitamins and minerals. Vitamins and minerals are only required in very small amounts, but a diet insufficient in these can cause deficiency diseases.. A deficiency disease is a disease caused by a lack of dietary elements (nutrients)....