Symptoms
and Signs of Nutritional Deficiency
Doctors should
recognise that symptoms usually precede signs in deficiency
Hypertension,
palpitations
Poor growth
and vision, infections
Poor growth
and vision, infections
Rickets
- children; adults - osteomalacia/osteoporosis
Muscle
weakness, difficulty walking,
increased infections
Easy
bruising or bleeding, anaemia,
strokes
Fatigue,
depression, mental change
Poor
balance, birth defects, anaemia,
weakness
Fatigue,
mental decline, loss of sensation,
sore tongue
Pallor
(anaemia), shortness of breath,
loss of scalp hair
Fatigue,
poor concentration, recurrent
mouth ulcers