Vitamin Deficiency Quiz
What vitamin deficiencies might cause the following symptoms?
Depression and fatigue? B12, ALL THE B'S
Numbness and tingling in hands and feet? B'S
Night blindness? ZINC?
Bruising easily? IRON
Getting sick easily? DUNNO, NEED TO THO
Restless leg syndrome?B12, B6 REALLY NEED TO KNOW THIS,i ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE THIS..........SCARY
Muscle weakness and pain? ALL
Hair loss? AG
Loss of appetite? ????
Dry skin and chapped lips???????
Weakness, dizziness and fatigue? IRON
Fingernails that break easily or are softer than normal? IRON SAME AS HAIR ONE
Please keep in mind, lots of other things could cause these symptoms, vitamin deficiencies can cause other symptoms besides those listed here, and the only way to know for sure if you have a vitamin deficiency is to get blood tests done. I do not suggest increasing your vitamins, at least not increasing them a lot, based only on symptoms you may be having. I suggest getting labs done to see if you are indeed deficient before increasing any supplements, at least significantly increasing them, because it is possible to take too much of some vitamins, however unlikely that is.
Great post!
I know some but not all.
Depression and fatigue? vitamin D that is why people get depressed in the winter (or always if you live in NE Ohio - lack of sunshine)
Numbness and tingling in hands and feet? B-12
Night blindness? I will guess Vit A since it deals with vision
Bruising easily? Vit K
Hair loss? Biotin (B-7)
Dry skin and chapped lips? Vit E
Weakness, dizziness and fatigue? Vit B Not sure which one
Fingernails that break easily or are softer than normal? Biotin and Protein
The rest I am not sure and don't want to put wrong answers out there. I am interested in seeing the right ones.
Winnie
Kelly
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how is your back doing? i really recommend the TENS unit, its great..anyhow if you can email me all of your quizes with answers that would be great too..i will forward them to my mom..my email is [email protected]
thanks have a great day
debby
I will look into the tens unit. Thanks.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Answers:
I’ll list the deficiencies I was thinking of when I wrote the quiz, but keep in mind that other deficiencies could cause the same symptoms or similar symptoms.
Depression and fatigue?
B12, vitamin D
Numbness and tingling in hands and feet?
B12
Night blindness?
Vitamin A
Bruising easily?
Iron, vitamin K
Getting sick easily?
Vitamin D especially, but many others as well
Restless leg syndrome?
Iron
Muscle weakness and pain?
Vitamin D
Hair loss?
Zinc, biotin (B7)
Loss of appetite?
B6
Dry skin and chapped lips?
Vitamin A, vitamin E
Weakness, dizziness and fatigue?
Iron
Fingernails that break easily or are softer than normal?
Vitamin A especially, but other vitamins and lack of protein can also cause this
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I was approved for surgery and am scheduled for December 5th. So again thank you so very much for the information. http://images.obesityhelp.com/_shared/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif 
You know, a whole lot of what I know, I learned from others here on OH.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
