Pellagra

Also known as Niacin deficiency, Niacin-tryptophan deficiency, Pellagra (disorder)

Krankheit

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Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Pellagra
Medical condition (new).image: Pellagra2.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: The skin features of pellagra including peeling, redness, scaling, and thickening of sun-exposed areas.
Medical condition (new).field: Dermatology
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Inflammation of the skin, diarrhea, dementia, sores in the mouth
Medical condition (new).types: Primary, secondary
Medical condition (new).causes: Not enough niacin
Medical condition (new).diagnosis: Based on symptoms
Medical condition (new).differential: Kwashiorkor, pemphigus, photodermatitis, porphyria
Medical condition (new).prevention: Consuming Niacin
Medical condition (new).treatment: Nicotinic acid or nicotinamide supplementation.
Medical condition (new).prognosis: Good (with treatment), death in ~ 5 years (without treatment)
Medical condition (new).frequency: Rare (developed world), relatively common (developing world)

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Research

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: nutritional deficiency disease
Image: Pellagra NIH.jpg

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine
health specialty: endocrinology
symptoms and signs: diarrhea
drug or therapy used for treatment: niacinamide
exact match: www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_97352
ICD-9-CM: 265.2
Commons category: Pellagra
ICPC 2 ID: T91

Sources (6)

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Article · Deutsch

Pellagra ist eine Erkrankung, die durch Mangel an Nicotinsäure, einem Vitamin aus dem B-Komplex, ausgelöst wird. Pellagra (Nicotinsäure-Avitaminose) trat geschichtlich häufig auf, wenn die Nahrung hauptsächlich aus Mais oder Sorghumhirse bestand. Die darin vorliegende gebundene Form der Nicotinsäure (Niacytin) kann vom Körper nicht verwertet werden. Diese Krankheit war vor Kenntnis der Zusammenhänge in armen Regionen Süd- und Osteuropas sowie Amerikas weit verbreitet. In den Ursprungsländern des Maises wurde dieser dagegen zum Verzehr alkalisch verarbeitet (Nixtamalisation), wodurch die Nicotinsäure durch den Körper verwertbar wird.

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