Question
A person was found to possess reduced haemoglobin content in the blood, caused due to disturbance in formation of RBCs. He is suffering from
Vitamin-B1 defeciency
Vitamin-A defeciency
Vitamin-B12 defeciency
Vitamin-E defeciency
Solution
C.
Vitamin-B12 defeciency
The condition is due to defeciency of vitamin-B12 (cobalmin), which causes pernicious anaemia. Vitamin- B12 is important in nucleic acid metabolism, synthesis of erythrocytes and blood clotting common symptoms are headache, fatigue, increased pulse rate and heart palpitation.
