Folic acid deficiency

Nutrients

Also known as folate deficiency or vitamin B9 deficiency.

Causes

• Pregnancy
• Breastfeeding

 

Complications 

• Anaemia: macrocytic,  megaloblastic

Investigations

• Serum folate levels

 

See also

• Vitamin B12 deficiency

Subacute Combined Degeneration

Disease class: Demyelinating diseases 
Disease class: Nervous system paraneoplastic syndromes 

Disease class: Spinal cord diseases

This is a degeneration of the spinal cord.

 

Causes

• Paraneoplastic syndrome
• Vitamin B12 deficiency

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Nutrients

 

Causes

• Dietary deficiency
• Alcoholism 
• Atrophic gastritis
• Gastrectomy 

 

Consequences

• Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
• Pernicious anaemia (deficient B12 absorption due to a lack of intrinsic factor) 
• Subacute Combined Degeneration

 

Investigations

• Serum vitamin B12 levels 

 

See also

• Folic acid deficiency