A patient of total parenteral nutrition develops delayed wound healing, loss of taste, deficient immunity and diarrhea. Most probably it could be due to deficiency of: September 2008
Correct Answer: Zinc
Description: Ans. C: Zinc Symptoms of Zinc Deficiency Poor Immune system Weight loss Intercurrent infections Hypogonadism in males Lack of sexual development in females Growth retardation Dwarfism Delayed pubey in adolescents Rough skin Poor appetite Mental lethargy Delayed wound healing Sho stature Diarrhea Congenital abnormalities causing zinc deficiency may lead to a disease called acrodermatitis enteropathica.
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