Vitamin Deficiencies

• Vitamins:
  • Fat soluble (absorbed in jejunum & ileum):
    • Vit A – night blindness
    • Vit D – ricketts and osteomalacia
    • Vit E – neuropathy and haemolytic anaemia
    • Vit K – haemorrhage
  • Water soluble
    • Vitamin C
      • Deficiency: scurvy – bleeding gums, petechiae, impaired wound healing
    • B1 thiamine:
      • Deficiency: Beriberi – CHF, aphonia, peripheral neuropathy, Wernicke encephalopathy, confusion/coma
    • B2 riboflavin:
      • Deficiency: non-specific – oedema of mucous membranes, stomatitis, glossitis, dermatitis
    • B3 niacin (nicotinamide):
      • Deficiency: Pellagra – dermatitis, diarrhoea, dysphagia, mouth inflammation, neuropathy
    • B6 pyridoxine:
      • Deficiency: anaemia, weakness, neuropathy, dermatitis
    • B9 Folate
      • Megaloblastic anaemia
    • B12 cobalamin
      • Deficiency: megaloblastic anaemia (pernicious), neuropathy
• Pabrinex:
  • Each No 1 ampoule contains: 5 ml ampoule Thiamine Hydrochloride 250 mg Riboflavin (as Phosphate Sodium) 4 mg Pyridoxine Hydrochloride 50 mg
  • Each No 2 ampoule contains: 5 ml ampoule Ascorbic Acid 500 mg Nicotinamide 160 mg Glucose (as Monohydrate) 1000 mg