RD Exam Sodexo Based Study Guide
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Vitamin A Deficiency - ✔✔Night blindness, xerophthalmia [abnormal
dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye, with inflammation and
ridge formation], keratomalacia, follicular hyperkeratosis [excessive
development of keratin in hair follicles, resulting in rough, cone-shaped,
elevated papules]
Vitamin A Excess - ✔✔Scaly skin, bone pain, pseudotumor cerebri,
hepatomegaly
Vitamin C Deficiency - ✔✔Scurvy, capillary hemorrhage of gingiva, skin,
bone, and poor wound healing
Vitamin C Excess - ✔✔Rebound deficiency after high intake
Vitamin D Deficiency - ✔✔rickets, ostemalacia
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,Vitamin D Excess - ✔✔Constipation, renal stones, myositis
ossificans[formation of bone tissue inside muscle tissue], hypercalcemia
Vitamin E Deficiency - ✔✔Hemolysis in preterm infant, peripheral
neuropathy
Vitamen E Excess - ✔✔Suppress hematologic response to iron in anemia
Vitamin K Deficiency - ✔✔Bruising Bleeding
Vitamin K Deficiency - ✔✔Jaundice
Thiamine deficiency - ✔✔Beriberi: cardiomyopathy, peripheral neuropathy
and encephalopathy
Thiamine Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Riboflavin Deficiency - ✔✔cheilosis (dry, scaly lips), glossitis (inflammed
tongue), diarrhea, dermatitis
Riboflavin Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Niacin Deficiency - ✔✔Pellagra: dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis
Niacin Excess - ✔✔Flushing (redness of skin)
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,Pyridoxine deficiency - ✔✔seizures, anemia, and irratibility
Pyridoxine excess - ✔✔neuropathy
Biotin deficiency - ✔✔dermatitis, alopecia, muscle pain
Biotin Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Folate deficiency - ✔✔macrocytic anemia, stomatitis (inflammation of the
mouth), parasthesia (abnormal prickling type sensation), glossitis(inflamed
tongue), neural tube defects of the fetus
folate excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Vitamin B12 deficiency - ✔✔megalosblastic anemia, neuropathy,
paresthesia (abnormal prickling type sensation), glossitis (inflamed tongue)
Aluminum deficiency - ✔✔No known S/S
Aluminum excess - ✔✔CNS disorder
Boron Deficiency - ✔✔calcification abnormalities
Boron Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
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, Calcium Deficiency - ✔✔Osteomalacia, tetany
Calcium Excess - ✔✔Constipation, heart block, vomiting
Chloride Deficiency - ✔✔Alkalosis
Chloride Excess - ✔✔Acidosis
Chromium deficiency - ✔✔diabetes (in animals)
Chromium excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Cobalt deficiency - ✔✔vitamin B12 deficiency
Cobalt Excess - ✔✔cardiomyopathy
Copper deficiency - ✔✔anemia, neutropenia, osteoporosis, neuropathy,
depigmentation of hair and skin
Copper Excess - ✔✔Cirrhosis, CNS effects, Fanconi nephropathy, corneal
pigmentation
Fluoride Deficiency - ✔✔dental caries
Fluoride Excess - ✔✔Fluorosis
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Vitamin A Deficiency - ✔✔Night blindness, xerophthalmia [abnormal
dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye, with inflammation and
ridge formation], keratomalacia, follicular hyperkeratosis [excessive
development of keratin in hair follicles, resulting in rough, cone-shaped,
elevated papules]
Vitamin A Excess - ✔✔Scaly skin, bone pain, pseudotumor cerebri,
hepatomegaly
Vitamin C Deficiency - ✔✔Scurvy, capillary hemorrhage of gingiva, skin,
bone, and poor wound healing
Vitamin C Excess - ✔✔Rebound deficiency after high intake
Vitamin D Deficiency - ✔✔rickets, ostemalacia
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,Vitamin D Excess - ✔✔Constipation, renal stones, myositis
ossificans[formation of bone tissue inside muscle tissue], hypercalcemia
Vitamin E Deficiency - ✔✔Hemolysis in preterm infant, peripheral
neuropathy
Vitamen E Excess - ✔✔Suppress hematologic response to iron in anemia
Vitamin K Deficiency - ✔✔Bruising Bleeding
Vitamin K Deficiency - ✔✔Jaundice
Thiamine deficiency - ✔✔Beriberi: cardiomyopathy, peripheral neuropathy
and encephalopathy
Thiamine Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Riboflavin Deficiency - ✔✔cheilosis (dry, scaly lips), glossitis (inflammed
tongue), diarrhea, dermatitis
Riboflavin Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Niacin Deficiency - ✔✔Pellagra: dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis
Niacin Excess - ✔✔Flushing (redness of skin)
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,Pyridoxine deficiency - ✔✔seizures, anemia, and irratibility
Pyridoxine excess - ✔✔neuropathy
Biotin deficiency - ✔✔dermatitis, alopecia, muscle pain
Biotin Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Folate deficiency - ✔✔macrocytic anemia, stomatitis (inflammation of the
mouth), parasthesia (abnormal prickling type sensation), glossitis(inflamed
tongue), neural tube defects of the fetus
folate excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Vitamin B12 deficiency - ✔✔megalosblastic anemia, neuropathy,
paresthesia (abnormal prickling type sensation), glossitis (inflamed tongue)
Aluminum deficiency - ✔✔No known S/S
Aluminum excess - ✔✔CNS disorder
Boron Deficiency - ✔✔calcification abnormalities
Boron Excess - ✔✔No known S/S
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, Calcium Deficiency - ✔✔Osteomalacia, tetany
Calcium Excess - ✔✔Constipation, heart block, vomiting
Chloride Deficiency - ✔✔Alkalosis
Chloride Excess - ✔✔Acidosis
Chromium deficiency - ✔✔diabetes (in animals)
Chromium excess - ✔✔No known S/S
Cobalt deficiency - ✔✔vitamin B12 deficiency
Cobalt Excess - ✔✔cardiomyopathy
Copper deficiency - ✔✔anemia, neutropenia, osteoporosis, neuropathy,
depigmentation of hair and skin
Copper Excess - ✔✔Cirrhosis, CNS effects, Fanconi nephropathy, corneal
pigmentation
Fluoride Deficiency - ✔✔dental caries
Fluoride Excess - ✔✔Fluorosis
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