Question

    Identify the following vitamin. Identify if it is a deficiency or toxicity

Demographics: 23 year old; Kate

Symptoms: Hair loss, skin rash, and has felt fatigued. She went to the ER after having severe tremors and muscle spasms.

History: She is recently recovering from an 3-week infection and has just stopped taking antibiotics. She is allergic to eggs, peanuts and fish and she does not eat pork for religious reasons.

24hr Diet History:

Breakfast: Pancakes with butter and syrup and a small glass of orange juice

Lunch: Lunch-Hamburger and French fries with a large Coca-Cola

Dinner: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and corn with a glass of sweet tea

Findings:  Patient present with episodes of convulsions

Test Results: None that were noteworthy

Biotin Deficiency

Folate Deficiency

Vitamin C Deficiency

Vitamin B₁₂ Deficiency

Answer 1

Answer - The vitamin mentioned above will be " Vitamin B7". It's deficiency is known as Biotin deficiency.

The symptoms of biotin deficiency are:-

Red rashes on the skin ,dry or scaly skin, hair loss, fatigue, insomnia, loss of appetite, nausea, prickling sensation in the hands and feet & muscle pain. With delayed treatment, it can lead to convulsions also.

Causes:- biotin deficiency can occur due to decreased amount of vitamin B7.

As , the patient is not consuming biotin rich food like egg, sea food, etc due to get allergies, this lead to the deficiency of that particular vitamin.

Treatment:-

Providing biotin rich food and supplements