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Micronutrients Flashcards

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what are micronutrients made out of

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  • vitamins (organic)

- trace elements (inorganic)

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what are micronutrients

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these are essential compounds that are required in the diet at very small amounts

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Role of micronutrients

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Cofactor 
coenzymes
Antioxidant
genetic control 
structural components
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what does a cofactor do

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  • non-protein chemical compound or metallic ion required for a protein’s biological activity to happen.
  • Iron / Zinc
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what does coenzymes do

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  • Small non-protein organic molecule
  • Cannot catalyze a reaction by themselves but they help enzymes to do so.
  • example includes Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP)
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what do antioxidants do

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  • they inhibit the oxidation of other molecules

- examples include beta-carotene and vitamin C

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what does genetic control do

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substances such as vitamin A and D control gene expression

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what do they do as a structural component

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  • Phospholipids form complexes with both Mg2+ and Ca2+.

- These complexes are parts of membranes in the cell

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what do micronutrients do in adults

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  • maintain homeostasis
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what do micronutrients do in children

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  • they are more important in children
  • they are used as an energy supply
  • they are used as body growth and development
  • this is because they have a higher metabolism than adult
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Supply of micronutrients has

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short and long term health implications

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what food can you get in vitamin D

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oily fish
diary products
orange juice

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where can you get B12

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meet and dairy food

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if you are vegan what vitamins will you be lacking

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  • Vitamin D
  • vitamin B12
  • therefore you need to take supplements
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what gives us the amount of vitamins that we should have

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  • recommended dietary allowance

- limits are defined for deficiency or toxicity

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name some fat soluble vitamins

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A D E K

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name some water soluble vitamins

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B, Folate (B9),Biotin (B7), C

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what is the difference between fat soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins

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Fat soluble

  • these can be stored in the body
  • they are toxic when they are in excess

water soluble

  • they are not stored in the body
  • they often act as coenzymes
  • No toxicity as it is excreted in the urine
  • excess is excreted in the urine
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where do fat soluble and water soluble vitamins go

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fat soluble - lymph fluid

water soluble - portal vein

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if you have alcohol dependency what vitamin do you have deficiency in

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Chiefly B vitamins (Vit B1)

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if you have small bowel disease what vitamin do you have deficiency in

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Chiefly Folate (Vit B9)

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if you are elderly with a poor diet what vitamin do you have deficiency in

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Chiefly Vit D (if no sunshine); Folate

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if you have anorexia what vitamin do you have deficiency in

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chiefly folate

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what are the causes of vitamin deficiency in developed countries

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  • decreased intake
  • decreased absorption
  • long term enteral or paranteral nutrition
  • drugs antagonists (methotrexate interfering with folate metabolism)
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if you have Ileal disease what vitamin are you lacking
only vitamin B12
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if you have liver and billiary tract disease what vitamin are you lacking
Fat soluble vitamins
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if you have Intestinal bacterial overgrowth what vitamin are you lacking
vitamin B12
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if you have oral antibiotics what vitamin are you lacking
vitamin K
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if you have renal disease what vitamin defincey to you have
- vitamin D
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vitamin A - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors to defienciy: - Infection, measles, protein-energy malnutrition clinical features: Xerophthalmia,
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vitamin D - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: - Aging, lack of sunlight exposure Clinical features: - Rickets; osteomalacia
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Vitamin E - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Antibiotic use Clinical features: Peripheral neuropathy, spinocerebellar ataxia, skeletal muscle atrophy, retinopathy
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Vitamin K - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Antibiotic use Clinical features: Coagulopathy
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Vitamin C - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: smoking Clinical features: scurvy
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B1 - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Concommittant Vitamin B6, B12 & folate deficiency Clinical features: Beri beri
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B2 - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Malabsorption Clinical features: Magenta tongue, angular stomatitis, seborrhea,cheilosis
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B3 - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Vitamin B6 deficiency, riboflavin deficiency Clinical features: Pellagra
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B6 - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Isoniazid use Clinical features: - neuropathy and anaemia
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B12 - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Gastric atrophy (pernicious anemia), terminal ileal disease, strict vegetarianism Clinical features: Anaemia,
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Folate - Contributing factors to deficiency - Clinical features
Contributing factors in deficiency: Sulfasalazine, pyrimethamine, triamterene Clinical features: Anaemia
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Calcium - Function - deficiency
Function: Mechanical stability of the skeleton, neuromuscular activity, signal transduction Deficiency: - osteoporosis - parenthesis - muscle spams
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Phosphorus - Function - deficiency
Function: Component of structural proteins, enzymes, transcription factors, ATP and nucleic acids Deficiency: Bone pain, pseudofractures, and proximal muscle weakness or, rickets and short stature in children neurological manifestations
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Iron - Function - deficiency
Function: Part of the heme protein and enzymes Deficiency: Anemia
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selenium - Function - deficiency
Function: Component of glutathione peroxidase and deiodinase enzymes Deficiency: cardiomyopathy
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zinc - Function - deficiency
Function: Synthesis and stabilization of proteins, DNA, and RNA ; normal spermatogenesis, fetal growth, and embryonic development Deficiency: Growth retardation, alopecia, dermatitis, diarrhoea, congenital malformations
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copper - Function - deficiency
Function: Part of numerous enzymes for iron metabolism; melanin, elastin and collagen synthesis; and central nervous system function Deficiency: growth retardation
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how many deaths does malnutrition cause
1/3 of child deaths worldwide
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what is kwashiorkor
- effects babies and toddlers - caused by a lack of protein - involved micronutiernta and antioxidant deficiencies
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what happens in marasmus
- servere malnutrition | - muscle wasting/protein loss
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why is nutrient important
- Impaired wound healing - Impaired immune response, predisposing to infection - Reduced muscle strength – delayed recovery from chest infection or weaning off ventilator, impaired cardiac function, reduced mobility - Inactivity – pressure sores, thromboembolism - Increased risk of postoperative complications - Depression and self-neglect
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what does iron defiency lead to
Anaemia- ability to effect oxygen delivery to the body, lethargy & constitutional disturbance
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why is Iron important
- Oxygen transport within haemoglobin | - Myoglobin function in skeletal muscle
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where is iron absorbed
- in the upper small bowel
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how is iron transported in serum
- with transferrin
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how is iron stored
Iron is stored in liver and bone marrow as ferritin
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what prevents too much iron
Be aware of haem chelaters (used to prevent Iron overload / and prevent oxidative damage in patients)
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what happens if you have a deficiency in iron
``` Microcytic anaemia Lethargy & fatigue Adults Cognitive impairment Children Exacerbation of inflammatory states ```
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what happens if you have excess in iron
``` Haemochromatosis Lethargy & fatigue Abdominal & joint pain Reduced libido Bronzing of skin Diabetes Cirrhosis Cardiomyopathy ```
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what disorders does vitamin D cause
osteomalacia and rickets
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what is D3 and why it is special
Cholecalciferol (D3) | - special as we can make it artificially by adding UV light to D2
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How can you make vitamin D
sunlight Caucasians 20-30 minutes of sunlight ≈ 2,000 iU Vitamin D Two or three exposures a week during summer Non-causcasian Require 2-10 times the exposure- melanin acts as a barrier
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what lifestyle factors contribute to vitamin D deficiency
``` Obesity Smoking (and Betel) Alcohol Exercise Exclusive breast feeding >6/12 ```
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what disease factors lead to vitamin D deficiency
``` Reduced skin synthesis Decreased bioavailability Drug-related Increased excretion Impaired hydroxylation Acquired ```
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what is rickets
- this is when you have growth retardation - this causes the expansion of the growth plate - it happens in children prior to epiphyseal fusion
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what is osteomalacia
- this is when you have reduced bone strength
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what are symptoms of osteomalacia
``` Increase in bone fracture Bone pain Bending of bones Muscle weakness Waddling gait ```
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what does B1 (thiamine) deficiency lead to
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy & | Korsakoff’s Psychosis
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Where is B1 absorbed
jejunum
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what is B1 involved in
Involved in glycolysis and Krebs cycle - cannot be able to generate energy and ATP, start producing lactic acid and anaerobic respiration instead Involved in BCAA metabolism Involved in pentose phosphate cycle metabolism
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where is vitamin B1 seen
Most commonly seen in malignancy and alcoholism | Anorexia & weight loss
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what are the symptoms of vitamin B1
Cognitive impairment | Muscle weakness
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What are the two types of BeriBeri
dry and wet and shoshin
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describe dry beri beri
- effects peripheral neuropathy | - effects motor and sensory
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describe what happens in wet beri beri
``` Cardiac - Enlarged heart - Tachycardia - High-output CCF - Peripheral oedema Neurological - Peripheral neuritis ```
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describes what happens in shoshin Beriberi
Fulminant cardiac failure | Lactic acidosis
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what are the symptoms of Wernicke's encephalopathy
``` Horizontal nystagmus (involuntary, rapid and repetitive movement of the eyes) Ophthalmoplegia (paralysis or weakness of the eye) Cerebellar ataxia (inflamed cerebellum) ```
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what are the symptoms of Korsakoff syndrome
- Korsakoff syndrome Mental impairment (additional loss of memory and a confabulatory psychosis). - It is irreversible!
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what does vitamin B3 definitely lead to
pellagra
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where is vitamin B3 absorbed
jejunum
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what happens to excess B3
It is excreted in the urine
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what are the 2 chemical forms of vitamin B3
nicotinic acid | nicotinamide
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describe the structure of vitamin B3
- Form two pyridine nucleotides (NAD and NADP) which act as hydrogen acceptors in many oxidative reactions - their reduced forms (NADH and NADPH) act as hydrogen donors in reductive reactions.
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when would you get vitamin B3 deficiency
Vegetarian diets (corn based), alcoholism, other vitamin deficiency states
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what diseases does vitamin B3 lead to
- Hartnups diseae - carcinoid syndrome - isoniazid use - for TB treatment
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what is hartnups disease
Congenital defects of intestinal and kidney absorption of tryptophan
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what is carcinoid syndrome
Increased conversion of tryptophan to Serotonin
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what happens if the diet is deficient in niacin
If the diet is deficient in niacin, your body can manufacture it from tryptophan
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what are early symptoms of pellagra
``` Loss of appetite Generalized weakness Irritability Abdominal pain Vomiting Bright-red glossitis ```
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what are late symptoms of pellagra
``` “Casal’s necklace” Vaginitis Oesophagitis Diarrhoea Depression Seizures The four D’s: dermatitis, diarrhoea, dementia , death ```
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what happens with niacin toxicity
Flushing has been observed at therapeutic dose of niacin (hypertrigliceridemia) Glucose intolerance, macular oedema, and macular cysts
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what happens in vitamin B9 folate deficiency
Neural tube defects in fetus
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what happens in vitamin B12 deficiency
Anaemia, GI & neurological disturbance
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how much of vitamin B12 is absorbed or excreted
40% absorbed, 60% excreted in urine or bile
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what is vitamin B12 used for
Cofactor for methionine synthase and methylmalonyl–coenzyme A (CoA) synthase Available in many forms Cyanocobalamin used therapeutically
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what causes vitamin B12 deficiency
``` Disorders of terminal ileum Defective release of cobalamin from food Inadequate production of IF Transcobalamin II deficiency (rare) Congenital enzyme defects (rare) ```
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