Mineral Deficiency Diseases

CLINICAL NUTRITION
Lesson 1: Clinical Nutrition

Mineral Deficiency Diseases
Mineral Deficiency Diseases
Signs
Calcium
In children
  1. Decreased rate of growth
  2. Hyperirritability and tetanyae leading to death
  3. Loss of calcium from bone
In adults
  1. Osteoporosis
  2. Fracture of brittle bones even after small accidents
  3. Pain due to fracture
  4. Hypocalcemia
  5. Motor nerves become over-susceptible to stimuli affecting face, hands and feet producing clinical features of tetanyae
  6. Loose muscle tone and become flabby
Sodium
  1. Severe dehydration
  2. Decrease in blood volume and blood pressure
  3. Circulatory failure
  4. Chronic renal disease with acidosis
Potassium
  1. Muscular weakness
  2. Irritability
  3. Paralysis
  4. Tachycardia
  5. Dilation of heart with gallop rhythm
Fluorine
  1. Mottled dental enamel
  2. Genuvalgum ( adult form of knock knees)
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