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Neurologic Complications due to Severe Micronutrient Deficiencies in an American Adolescent
Author(s) -
Lyles John L.,
Hellmann Jennifer A.,
Oliveira Stephanie B.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1002/ncp.10573
Subject(s) - micronutrient , medicine , malnutrition , micronutrient deficiency , hypovitaminosis , vitamin , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , enteral administration , parenteral nutrition , vitamin d and neurology , environmental health , vitamin d deficiency , psychiatry , pathology
Micronutrient deficiencies are a major global health problem but are less common in developed nations. If left unidentified and untreated, micronutrient deficiencies can lead to serious, sometimes irreversible, sequelae such as with vitamin A deficiency and vision loss. Providers should recognize these issues not only in chronically ill and hospitalized patients but in those with non–illness‐related malnutrition due to parent/child‐selected restricted diets. Herein, we present a case of unrecognized chronic, severe, malnutrition due to severe behavioral food selectivity with associated neurologic deficits due to hypovitaminosis (vitamins A and B 2 ). With adequate enteral nutrition and vitamin repletion, our patient's neurologic deficits have partially recovered.