Symptoms associated with nutrient disorders

Note: These should be confirmed by history, physical examination and testing procedures.   Consult with a health care professional to determine a course of action.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P

R S T U V W X

A

Abdominal Pain
Achlorhydria (lack of stomach acid)
Acne
Agitation
Allergy
Amenorrhea
Amnesia
Angiodema (hives)
Anorexia
Anxiety
Apathy
Aphasia
Aphonia
Aphthous stomatitis  (canker sores; ulcerative inflammation of the mucous membranes)
Areflexia
Arthritis, Gouty
Asthenia
Ataxia - see also Peripheral Neuropathy
Atrophy
Autonomic Dysfunction
Auto-immune disorders

B

Behavioral Disturbances
Bitot’s Spots (frothy white/yellow spots under bulbar conjunctivae)
Blood pressure
Blurred Vision
Bones and Joints
Bone Abnormalities
Bone Fragility
Bone Pain
Bone Tenderness
Breast Soreness
Brown Mottling
Bullae (large vesicles)
Burning Feet

C

Casal’s Necklace (a reddish-purple, scaly band or collar of dermatosis running around the neck and down the sternum)
Cataracts
Chondrocalcinosis (calcification of cartilage)
Cognitive Impairment (confusion, disorientation, memory loss)
Coma
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Corneal Ulceration
Corneal Vascularization
D
Delirium
Dementia
Depression
Dermatosis
Seborrheic Dermatosis (eczema; a scaly eruption covered with a slightly adherent oily scale)
Diarrhea
Diplopia
Dizziness
Dysarthria
Dysphagia
Dysuria (painful urination)
E
Ears
Eczematoid Lesions
Edema (smoothness due to fluid retention)
Emotiional Lability (moodiness)
Epilepsy (seizures)
Epistaxis (nosebleeds)
Erythema (redness)
Excitability
Exophthalmos
Extensor Plantar Responses (‘Babinski’s sign’)
Eyes
Eyelids
Eyelid Blepharitis
Eyelid Pallor

F

Face
Faintness
Fatigue
Flatulence
Flushing

G

Gail Disturbance
Gait, High Stepping
Gallbladder
Gallstones
Gastrointestinal
Gingival Hypertrophy
Gingivitis
Acute Glossitis - tongue (bright scarlet red, painful, inflamed tongue with prominent papillae)
Atrophic Glossitis - tongue (smooth, small, glistening, non-painful tongue with atrophy of the filiform papillae)
Growth Impairment
Gums
Gums – Bleeding
Gums – Bright Red (marginal)
Gynecomastia

H

Headache
Hemochromatosis
Hemosiderosis
Hepatomegaly
Hydrocelphalus
Hyperactivity
Hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity to touch)
Hyperhydrosis (excess sweatiness)
Hyperkeratosis (skin thickened, dry and wrinkled)
Hyperkeratosis, Perifollicular (“gooseflesh”; “sharkskin”)
Hyper-pigmentation
Hypertension
Hypertonia
Hypoesthesia (decreased sensitivity to touch)
Hypogonadism
Hypospermia
Hypogeusia (loss of taste)
Hyporeflexia
Hypotension

I

Icterus
Impotence
Incoordination
Indigestion
Infertility
Insomnia
Irritability

J

Joint Pain
Joint Swelling

K

Keratomalacia
Kidney
Kidney Dysfunction
Kidney Stones
Korsakoff’s Psychosis (confabulation & amnesia)

L

Decreased Lacrimation
Lethargy
Lhermitte’s Sign (an ‘electric shock’ sensation upon bending the neck)
Lips
Cheilitis of Lips (angular stomatitis; inflammation, with fissures radiating from the corners of the mouth)
Dry & Fissured Lips
Liver
Liver Dysfunction
Fatty Liver

M

Malaise
Mania
Melena (black stools due to blood loss)
Menstrual Abnormalities
Moon Facies
Movement Disorders
Mucus Membranes
Mucus Membrane Dryness
Mucus Membrane Dryness & redness
Oral mucosa
Mucus Membrane Burning & soreness
Mucus Membrane Dryness
Muscles (see also Neuropsychiatry).
Muscle Atrophy
Muscle Fasciculations
Muscle Hypotonia
Muscle Myalgia (muscle pain) -see also peripheral neuropathy and Neuropsychiatry
Muscle Myopathy
Muscle Myositis
Muscle Spasms
Muscle Stiffness
Muscle Tenderness - see also peripheral neuropathy
Muscle Tremors
Muscle Twitches
Muscle Wasting  -see also peripheral neuropathy
Muscle Weakness -see also peripheral neuropathy and Weakness under Neuropsychiatry
Myopia

N

Nausea
Nervousness
Neuropsychiatry (see also Muscles)
Neuromuscular Excitability
Night Blindness
Night Sweats
Nose
Nosebleeds
Numbness of Limbs
Nystagmus

O

Ocular Palsy
Oligospermia
Ophthalmoplegia
Optic Neuritis
Organs
Osteomalacia (soft bones)
Osteoporosis

P

Pain Sensitivity
Pallor
Pancreas
Papilledema
Paralysis
Periodontal Disease
Peripheral Neuropathy
Photophobia
Polyuria (frequent urination)
Pressure Sores
Pruritis
Pseudotumor Cerebri (increased intracranial pressure)
Psychosis
Purpura (bleeding into the skin)

R

Rash, Brownish-Red
Reproductive System
Restless Legs
Restlessness
Retrobulbar Neuropathy
Rickets
Rigidity

S

Salivary Glands
Excessive Salivation
Scotomatas
Sedation
Serum sickness
delayed Sexual Maturation
Sialadenitis - Salivary glands (inflammation)
Skin
Slate Grey Skin
Thickening Skin
Skin Ulcerations
Skin Yellow-Orange Color especially in palms, soles and nasolabial folds (sclerae remain clear, in contrast to jaundice)
Somnolence (sleepiness)
Sonophobia
Spleen
Splenomegaly
Stomatitis
Subacute Combined Spinal Cord Degeneration

T

Teeth
Caries teeth
Loose teeth
Mottling of Enamel on teeth
depressed Deep Tendon Reflexes
decreased Testosterone
Tongue
Tetany
Tremor
Tremulousness

U

Ulcers
Urinary Delay

V

Vertigo
poor Visual Acuity
Vitiligo
Vomiting

W

Weakness
Weight Gain
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (initially disorientation, drowsiness, inattentiveness; later oculomotor disturbances, cerebellar ataxia and confusion)

X

Xerophthalmia (extreme conjunctival dryness)
Xerosis (dryness)