Avitaminosis
From Avitaminose one speaks one in the complete absence vitamin in the human body. This can e.g. B. to scurvy or Möller-Barlow's disease (C-avitaminosis) or rickets and osteomalacia (D-avitaminoses) lead. The vitamin reserves in the body are quite different, e.g. E.g. the B 12 reserve is sufficient for 3–5 years, the B 1 reserve, however, only 1–2 weeks.
The causes are there
- an inadequate or faulty diet or diet
- a destruction of the intestinal flora (after taking antibiotics ; see also antibiotic-associated diarrhea )
- a disorder of vitamin absorption after an intestinal resection or atrophy of the gastric mucosa (due to insufficient production of the intrinsic factor )
See also
literature
- Ludwig Weissbecker: Diseases of the vitamin balance. In: Ludwig Heilmeyer (ed.): Textbook of internal medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955; 2nd edition, ibid. 1961, pp. 1083-1098.
- Horst Kremling : Historical considerations on preventive medicine. In: Würzburg medical history reports. No. 24, 2005, pp. 222-260, here p. 244 f. ( Avitaminoses ).
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