Question 1

what causes vitamin k deficiency?

Accepted Answer

Diet or Antibiotics: The vast majority of our vitamin k is actually produced by symbiotic bacteria in our intestines.  So, if one has recently had a bout of heavy antibiotic use (which kills off both "good and "bad" bacteria in the body), then vitamin k deficiency can result.  Poor diet can also lead to this deficiency.  A deficiency in vit. K most often results in easy bleeding/hemorrhage susceptibility.

Question 2

what causes vitamin k deficiency in people?

Accepted Answer

Diet or Antibiotics: The vast majority of our vitamin k is actually produced by symbiotic bacteria in our intestines. So, if one has recently had a bout of heavy antibiotic use (which kills off both "good and "bad" bacteria in the body), then vitamin k deficiency can result. Poor diet can also lead to this deficiency. A deficiency in vit. K most often results in easy bleeding/hemorrhage susceptibility.

Question 3

whats the major symptom of vitamin k deficiency.?

Accepted Answer

Bleeding too easily: This is a complex vitamin and has several duties. E.G. It works with vitamin d to help pump calcium into bones rather than into arteries.

Question 4

what causes vitamin k deficiency in a baby?

Accepted Answer

Diet/ gut germs: Vitamins are something  we need we can't make ourselves & for vitamin k there is a special step. Intestinal bacteria help convert ingested k precursors to the active form we need. Since newborns have no gut germs at the start, it takes a while to start the process. That is why babies get a v k shot at birth to bridge the ~ 8 days it takes for the process to kick in.

Question 5

does vitamin k deficiency cause nose bleed?

Accepted Answer

It can: Nose bleeds are usually from capillary breaks in the septum (between nostrils). Oddly enough, perhaps the commonest cause is too many "empty calories" in the form of "junk". I know it sounds odd but even capillaries require normal energy metabolism.

Question 6

why is blood clotting abnormal with vitamin k deficiency?

Accepted Answer

Clotting factors: Vitamin k is used to create several factors in the clotting cascade (the system that ends in a blood clot). If vitamin k isn't there, then those factors are deficient, and blood won't clot as well. This is why newborns get a vit k shot, to avoid something called "hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.".

Question 7

why does vitamin k deficiency cause nose bleeds?

Accepted Answer

Because: It has a vital part to play in coagulation of blood as in bleeding.

Question 8

is a person with vitamin k deficiency at risk for having a heart attack?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: The more we learn about vitamins, the more we become aware that they all work together as an incredible team. Vitamin k is manufactured in the intestine by bacteria that are a normal part of a healthy bowel. So why does this person have this deficiency?

Question 9

is protein c and protein s deficiency (genetically inherited and untreated) correlated with vitamin k deficiency? is there a connection between both?

Accepted Answer

: No it is not connected usually but can occur independently. Pl be under care of a Hematologist to avoid coag problems.

Question 10

what are the signs or symptoms of vitamin a, d, e, or k deficiency?

Accepted Answer

Too broad: Each one has a different constellations of signs and symptoms.

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