What is Avitaminosis?

What is Avitaminosis?

• Avitaminosis: A group of diseases caused by the deficiency of one or more vitamins e.g. Beriberi (thiamine deficiency), rickets (Vitamin D deficiency), pellagra (niacin deficiency), pernicious anemia (Vitamin B12), bleeding (vitamin K deficiency) and night blindness (avitaminosis A). Symptoms depend on the type and degree of vitamin deficiency. Lack of various vitamins can affect just about every part of the body including the nervous system.
• Avitaminosis: any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins.
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Avitaminosis: Introduction

Types of Avitaminosis:

Broader types of Avitaminosis:

• Metabolic conditions
• Nutritional conditions
• Deficiency conditions
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What causes Avitaminosis?

Causes of Avitaminosis: see causes of Avitaminosis

What are the symptoms of Avitaminosis?

Symptoms of Avitaminosis: see symptoms of Avitaminosis

Avitaminosis: Testing

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Avitaminosis.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Avitaminosis: Internist, Pediatrician, Nutritionist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Avitaminosis.
Treatments for Avitaminosis: see treatments for Avitaminosis
Research for Avitaminosis: see research for Avitaminosis

Name and Aliases of Avitaminosis

Main name of condition: Avitaminosis

Hypovitaminosis
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