Nutritional Deficiency Disease – Rickets (Vitamin D)

A Domino of Disease – Poor Digestion, GI Disorders, Lack of Amino Acids and Mineral Deficiencies

A Fox News survey shows that 74% of Americans are living with GI discomfort. Investigative Reporter Greg Ciola describes how GI problems cause a breakdown in the body’s ability to digest protein. Poor protein metabolism then leads to a lack of amino acids in the blood. Even one deficient amino acid sets up a cycle …Read more »

Immunodeficiency: DiGeorge Syndrome SCID IgA Deficiency Nitroblue Tetrazolium MPO

Immunodeficiency: DiGeorge Syndrome, SCID, IgA Deficiency, MPO Deficiency & CGD SKIP AHEAD: 1:12 – Immunodeficiency Keywords 2:08 – Microbe susceptibilities created by specific deficiencies 5:12 – X-Linked (Bruton’s) Agammaglobinemia 6:43 – Selective IgA Deficiency 7:44 – DiGeorge Syndrome 9:19 – Severe Combines Immunodeficiency (SCID) 10:41 – Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) 13:38 – Myeloperoxidase (MPO) Deficiency …Read more »

Water Soluble Vitamin Deficiency, Scurvy Pellagra Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Beriberi

Water Soluble Vitamin Deficiency, Scurvy Pellagra Wernicke-Korsakoff Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiencies are primarily seen in alcoholic patients. This scenario is so common on Step 1 that anytime you see alcoholism in a vitamin question, your first thought should be thiamine deficiency. Thiamine is found in a lot of different foods, so you usually only see …Read more »

Folate & B12 Deficiency, Megaloblastic Anemia Hypersegmented Macrocytic Methylmalonic

Folate & B12 Deficiency, Megaloblastic Anemia Vitamin B9 (Folate/Folic Acid) is very important for 1 carbon chemical reactions (AKA methylation) during the creation of DNA. These functions are particularly important in tissues that undergo frequent cellular division (like hematopoietic cells) and during periods of rapid cellular division (such as infancy and pregnancy). Folate is found …Read more »