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| vitamin b2 riboflavin function |
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is essential in a variety of processes that happens to cells, especially yng produce energy and aminoalkanoic acid metabolism.
Food causes of vitamin B2 are milk, meat, fish and poultry.
CAUSE
Vitamin B2 deficiency are rare, except in places where food is mainly as milled rice.
This vitamin deficiency also occurs on:
- Alcohol drinkers
- People who have liver disease
- Patients with chronic diarrhea.
SYMPTOMS
The most common symptom is an open sore in the corner of the mouth, followed by chapped lips, which often can leave scarring.
If this occurs in the mouth thrush (a fungal infection), can look grayish white patches.
Tongue turned into a magenta color plus the area between your nose and lips appear oily patches (seborrheic).
Sometimes blood vessels come to be the cornea, causing eye glare.
Within the men's scrotal skin becomes inflamed.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is based on symptoms and physical examination.
TREATMENT
The symptoms will subside when given extra vitamin B2 around ten times the recommended daily dose.
