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Excessive consumption of vitamins. Hypervitaminosis is a condition of abnormally high storage levels of vitamins, which can lead to various symptoms as over excitement, irritability, or even toxicity. Specific medical names of the different conditions are derived from the given vitamin involved: an excess of vitamin A, for example, is called ...
Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. [1][2] Vitamin E functions as a fat-soluble antioxidant which may help protect cell membranes from reactive oxygen species. [2][3] Symptomatic vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and is usually caused by an underlying problem with digesting ...
If you take supplements or vitamins, be warned that they’re unregulated and can be powerful and dangerous, up to risking organ failure and coma, if you take too many. Experts: This Is What ...
Megavitamin-B6 syndrome, also known as hypervitaminosis B6, vitamin B6 toxicity, and vitamin B6 excess, [a] is a medical condition characterized by adverse effects resulting from excessive intake of vitamin B 6. [1][2][22] Primarily affecting the nervous system, this syndrome manifests through symptoms such as peripheral sensory neuropathy ...
Remember, these negative side effects only occur when you either eat too many gummy—or even regular—vitamins. Most multivitamins have less than 100 percent of your daily need for minerals and ...
Taking too much vitamin D. Mitchener’s cause of death was multipronged; his autopsy report named hypercalcemia, acute kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and ischemic heart disease as ...
Medication. Benzodiazepines, cyproheptadine [1] Frequency. Unknown [3] Serotonin syndrome (SS) is a group of symptoms that may occur with the use of certain serotonergic medications or drugs. [1] The symptoms can range from mild to severe, and are potentially fatal. [4][5][2] Symptoms in mild cases include high blood pressure and a fast heart ...
In Wikidata. Vitamins are organic molecules (or a set of closely related molecules called vitamers) that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic function. Essential nutrients cannot be synthesized in the organism in sufficient quantities for survival, and therefore must be obtained through the diet.