Biol 1300 Deficiencies and Poisonings PDF

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**Biol 1300: Deficiencies and Poisonings** +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | **Name** | **Description** | **Symptoms** | **Prevention/Ot | | | | | her | | | | | Facts** | +=================+=================+=================+=================+ | Beriberi | Thiamine | weight loss, | -Consuming | | | deficiency is | reduced sensory | brown rice | | | caused by lack | perception, | | | | of vitamin | limb pain and | -Enriching | | | B~1~, which can | weakness, and | white rice | | | result from | emotional | | | | white rice | disturbances. | -Balanced diet | | | consumption, as | | by | | | it is mostly | | incorporating | | | starches with | | other grains | | | little | | | | | vitamins. In | | | | | the early | | | | | 1900s, beriberi | | | | | became a | | | | | serious health | | | | | issue in parts | | | | | of Asia when | | | | | polished white | | | | | rice replaced | | | | | traditional | | | | | unprocessed | | | | | brown rice. | | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Ergot Poisoning | Rye can be | Convulsions, | These symptoms, | | | infected with | paralysis, | known as St. | | | fungal ergot in | gangrene, and | Anthony's Fire | | | wet seasons, | hallucinations | in Medieval | | | causing severe | | Europe, have | | | symptoms. This | | been linked to | | | is because | | historical | | | Ergot contains | | events like | | | Ergotamine, | | witch trials, | | | LSD, and | | demonic | | | alkaloid | | possessions, | | | compounds, | | and religious | | | which can have | | visions due to | | | physiologically | | ergot-contamina | | | dangerous | | ted | | | effects in | | rye bread. | | | humans. Ergot | | Wide-scale | | | is long and | | Ergot poisoning | | | dark in | | epidemics | | | appearance. | | persisted into | | | | | the 20th | | | | | century. In | | | | | 1926-27, there | | | | | were 10,000 | | | | | cases in | | | | | Russia. In | | | | | 1927, there | | | | | were 20 cases | | | | | in England. The | | | | | last reported | | | | | case occurred | | | | | in 1951 in | | | | | France with | | | | | five cases. | | | | | Fewer outbreaks | | | | | have occurred | | | | | since then | | | | | owing to rye | | | | | being carefully | | | | | monitored in | | | | | developed | | | | | countries. | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Scurvy | Caused by | Skin blotches, | Eating citrus | | | vitamin D | gum | fruits, which | | | deficiency | deterioration, | are rich in | | | | and mucous | vitamin C. In | | | | membrane | 1753, it was | | | | bleeding | discovered by | | | | | Dr. James Lind | | | | | that scurvy | | | | | could be | | | | | treated with | | | | | citrus fruits, | | | | | leading British | | | | | naval vessels | | | | | to carry lemons | | | | | or limes, | | | | | earning British | | | | | sailors the | | | | | nickname | | | | | "limeys." | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Jamaican | Caused by | Severe vomiting | Proper removal | | vomiting | Consumption of | and | of poisonous | | sickness | immature or | hypoglycemia | parts before | | | over-ripe akee | (deficiency of | consumption and | | | arils | glucose in the | eating fruit | | | | blood). | when it is | | | | | ready | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+