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Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy (Nutritional Myopathy or White Muscle Disease) is a disease caused by a deficiency of selenium and vitamin E in dietary intake. [1] Soils that contains low levels of selenium produce forages and grains that are deficient in selenium.
Selenium deficiency occurs when an organism lacks the required levels of selenium, a critical nutrient in many species.Deficiency, although relatively rare in healthy well-nourished individuals, [1] can have significant negative results, [2] affecting the health of the heart and the nervous system; contributing to depression, anxiety, and dementia; and interfering with reproduction and gestation.
Iron – Iron deficiency anemia; Phosphorus – Hypophosphatemia, [16] causing Oesteopenia; Zinc – Zinc deficiencies [17] are believed to be associated with increased risk of Esophagus Carcinoma [8] Copper – Deficiency [17] Selenium – Deficiency [18] – Selenium and zinc deficiencies may play a role increasing risk of cancer. [19]
Mineral deficiency is a lack of the dietary minerals, the micronutrients that are needed for an organism's proper health. [1] The cause may be a poor diet , impaired uptake of the minerals that are consumed, or a dysfunction in the organism's use of the mineral after it is absorbed.
Selenium deficiency as defined by low (<60% of normal) selenoenzyme activity levels in brain and endocrine tissues only occurs when a low selenium status is linked with an additional stress, such as high exposures to mercury [27] or as a result of increased oxidant stress due to vitamin E deficiency. [28]
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Iron deficiency anemia is classically a microcytic, hypochromic anemia. Generally, in the UK oral preparations are trialled before using parenteral delivery, [ 20 ] unless there is the requirement for a rapid response, previous intolerance to oral iron or likely failure to respond.
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