Introduction

INTRODUCTION 

  • By reduced intake- PRIMARY CAUSE
  • Intake normal but not available to body-SECONDARY CAUSE
  • Diarrhoea, vomition, anorexia etc.
  • Malabsorption
  • Chronic enteritis
  • Neoplasms
  • Increased demands- Growing age group
  • Pregnancy, lactation
  • Fever, Hyperthyroidism
  • Reduced storage in liver diseases
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