QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
This is also known as scurvy. It may present with tiredness, irritability, muscle pain and easy bruising.
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d
Vitamin C
QuestionChoice
This is a deficiency of folate. It may present with fatigue, dizziness, pallor, and headache. Folate deficiency is a cause of macrocytic anaemia.
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e
Vitamin B9
QuestionChoice
This is a cause of rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. It is often asymptomatic but may present with bowing of the legs, proximal muscle weakness and gait abnormalities in children.
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c
Vitamin D
QuestionChoice
This is a deficiency of cobalamin. This may present with shortness of breath, headaches, fatigue, paraesthesia and ataxia (problems with balance and coordination). B12 deficiency is a cause of macrocytic anaemia.
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b
Vitamin B12
QuestionChoice
This is a deficiency of thiamine. An acute severe deficiency of vitamin B1 may lead to Wernicke's encephalopathy. This is characterised by the classic triad of acute confusion, ataxia, and ocular abnormalities such as nystagmus.
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a
Vitamin B1
Concept
Chapter
2693
4061
Vitamin deficiency syndromes
Topic
136
Gastroenterology
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A 58-year-old male presents to the hospital with confusion, ataxia and ocular abnormalities. He is subsequently diagnosed with beriberi.

Beriberi is a deficiency of which vitamin?
a