Deficiency Diseases and Disorders

Hypokalemia is the medical term for low potassium levels in the blood. Potassium is an essential electrolyte that helps regulate nerve signals, muscle contractions, and heart rhythm. The prefix 'hypo-' means deficient or low, and '-kal' refers to potassium (chemical symbol K).

Less intake of iron results in this disease. Iron is an essential component of Haemoglobin and helps in its proper functioning.

Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet.

This caused due to the deficiency of vitamin A

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency causes microcytic hypochromic anemia because B6 is essential for hemoglobin synthesis. Rickets is caused by Vitamin D deficiency. Scurvy results from Vitamin C deficiency. Beri-beri is caused by Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency.

Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness (nyctalopia) because retinol is essential for producing rhodopsin, the pigment needed for low-light vision. Severe deficiency can lead to complete blindness and increase susceptibility to infections. Beri-beri is thiamine (B1) deficiency, scurvy is vitamin C deficiency, and rickets is vitamin D deficiency.

A balanced diet is required to avoid deficiency diseases. Vitamins and minerals are important for a healthy lifestyle.

Lack of iron in the diet leads to a deficiency disease called anaemia.

Lack of vitamin B1 in the diet causes a deficiency disease called beriberi. The symptoms are loss of weight.

Goiter is caused by iodine deficiency in the diet. The thyroid gland requires iodine to produce hormones, and when iodine is insufficient, the gland enlarges (goiter) as it tries to compensate. Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of preventable brain damage worldwide.

Rickets is a bone disease caused by vitamin D deficiency, leading to soft and weak bones in children. Scurvy results from vitamin C deficiency, beriberi from thiamine (B1) deficiency, and rhinorrhea is a medical term for runny nose, not a deficiency disease.

Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency causes beriberi, a condition affecting the nervous and cardiovascular systems. The other options are related to different deficiencies - vitamin K causes clotting failure.

All three vitamin-deficiency disease pairs are scientifically accurate. Vitamin A deficiency causes nyctalopia (night blindness), Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency causes beriberi, and Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy.

Anemia is directly caused by nutritional deficiencies, particularly iron, folate, or vitamin B12 deficiency. While Scurvy results from vitamin C deficiency and Flurosis from excess fluoride, Diabetes is a metabolic disorder, not primarily a nutritional deficiency disease.