Vitamin/Mineral | Deficiency disease/disorder | Symptoms |
Vitamin A | Loss of vision | Poor vision, loss of vision in darkness (night), sometimes complete loss of vision |
Vitamin B1 | Beriberi | Weak muscle and very little energy to wok |
Vitamin C | Scurvy | Bleeding gums, Wounds take long time to heal |
Vitamin D | Rickets | Bones become soft and bent |
Calcium | Bone and tooth decay | Weak bones, tooth decay |
Iodine | Goiter | Glands in the neck appear swollen, mental disability in children |
Iron | Anaemia | Weakness |
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