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Vitamin deficiencies

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scurvy
rickets
Rickets (scientific nomenclature: rachitis; from Greek , meaning "in or of the spine" which was chosen as a back-formation, see Etymology) is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children and may have either dietary-deficiency or genetic causes. Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping. Complications may include bone deformities, bone pseudofractures and fractures, muscle spasms, or an abnormally curved spine. The analogous condition in adults is osteomalacia.
beriberi
nutritional thiamine deficiency disease in humans
pellagra
vitamin deficiency
condition due to a deficiency of one or more essential vitamins
Korsakoff's syndrome
mental illness caused by a lack of thiamine in the brain
vitamin B12 deficiency
vitamin metabolic disorder that results from low blood levels of vitamin B12
xerophthalmia
Xerophthalmia (from Ancient Greek () meaning "dry" and () meaning "eye") is a medical condition in which the eye fails to produce tears. It may be caused by vitamin A deficiency, which is sometimes used to describe that condition, although there may be other causes.
vitamin D deficiency
human disease commonly occurring in people when they have inadequate sunlight exposure
Wernicke encephalopathy
presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves,
vitamin A deficiency
lack of vitamin A in blood and tissues
folate deficiency
Human disease
Bitot's spots
buildup of keratin located superficially in the conjunctiva
vitamin E deficiency
Human disease
vitamin K deficiency
human disease