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What are symptoms of diseases like night blindness, rickets, beriberi, neuritis, pellagra, anaemia, scurvy?

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DiseaseSymptoms
Night blindness
  • Near sightedness, or blurred vision when looking at faraway objects
  • Cataracts, or clouding of the eye’s lens.
  • Inability to see in dark.
  • Sometimes blindness.
Rickets
  • Weak and soft bones
  • Stunted growth
  • In severe cases, skeletal deformities.
Beriberi
  • Decreased muscle function, particularly in the lower legs.
  • Tingling or loss of feeling in the feet and hands.
  • Pain
  • Mental confusion, difficulty in speaking
  • Vomiting
  • Involuntary eye movement, paralysis.
Neuritis
  • Numbness in hands and feet
  • Tingling sensation, sharp, jabbing, throbbing, freezing or burning pain.
  • Extreme sensitivity to touch.
  • Lack of coordination and falling.
Pellagra
  • Delusions or mental confusion.
  • Diarrhoea and nausea
  • Inflammed mucous membrane.
  • Scaly skin sores.
Anaemia
  • Fatigue and loss of energy
  • Unusually rapid heartbeat, particularly with exercise
  • Shortness of breath and headache, particularly with exercise
  • Difficulty in concentrating
  • Dizziness, Pale skin
  • Leg cramps, Insomnia
Scurvy
  • Anaemia, debility, exhaustion,
  • Spontaneous bleeding
  • Pain in the limbs, and especially the legs, swelling in some parts of the body
  • Ulceration of the gums and loss of teeth.


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