NURS 3100 Exam 1 with Questions and Answers

NURS 3100 Exam 1 with Questions and Answers Where are water soluble vitamins absorbed? ANSWER small intestine How do water soluble vitamins travel? ANSWER circulate on their own How are water soluble vitamins stored? ANSWER in small amounts How do water soluble deficiencies occur? ANSWER within weeks, easily destroyed What are some water soluble vitamin deficiencies? ANSWER Vitamin C: Scurvy Thiamin (Vitamin B1): Beri-Beri (malaise); Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): Ariboflavinosis (glossitis; angular stomatitis) Niacin (Vitamin B3): Pellagra (dermatitis, diarrhea, depression) Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6): Like riboflavin Folate: bone marrow changes, neural tube defects in fetus Vitamin B12: Pernicious anemia Biotin: Alopecia/dermatitis What can Vitamin A toxicity cause? ANSWER - GI distress - teratogenicity - long term liver disease