Nutritional Diseases

• Xerophthalmia (vitamin a) 


  blindness from chronic eye infections, poor growth, dryness and keratinization of epithelial tissues
• Rickets (vitamin d) 


  weakened bones, bowed legs, other bone deformities
• Beriberi (thiamin ) 


  nerve degeneration, altered muscle coordination, cardiovascular problems
• Pellagra (niacin ) 


  diarrhea, skin inflammation, dementia
• Scurvy (vitamin c) 


  delayed wound healing, internal bleeding, abnormal formation of bones and teeth
• Iron deficiency anemia (iron) 


  decreased work output, reduced growth, increased health risk in pregnancy
• Goiter (iodine ) 


  enlarged thyroid gland, poor growth in infancy and childhood, possible mental retardation, cretinism