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Zinc Deficiency

Aka: Zinc Deficiency

Epidemiology
1. Associated with 1.8 million deaths per year in malnourished persons worldwide
See Also
1. Zinc
Symptoms
1. Erectile Dysfunction
2. Diarrhea
3. Alopecia
4. Glossitis
5. Nail dystrophy
Signs
1. Growth retardation
2. Delayed Puberty
3. Hypogonadism
Causes
1. Acrodermatitis enteropathica
2. Malnutrition
  1. Alcoholism
  2. Celiac Sprue
  3. Cirrhosis
  4. Crohn Disease
  5. Gastric Bypass
  6. Prolonged intravenous feeding
  7. Short bowel syndrome
  8. Vegan diet
3. Pregnancy and Lactation
4. Sickle Cell Disease
Labs
1. Serum zinc levels are not a reliable measure of zinc stores
Diagnosis
1. Zinc Deficiency is a clinical diagnosis rather than a lab diagnosis
2. Base diagnosis on symptoms, signs, risk factors and overall malnutrition
Management
1. See Zinc for RDA levels
2. Mild Zinc Deficiency
  1. Zinc at 2-3 times the RDA for 6 months
3. Severe Zinc Deficiency
  1. Zinc at 4-5 times the RDA for 6 months

Zinc deficiency (C0235950)
Concepts	Disease or Syndrome (T047)
SnomedCT	367102002, 238124008
English	ZINC DEFICIENCY, zinc deficiency (diagnosis), zinc deficiency, Zinc decreased, Zn levels low, Zinc low, Zn++ low, deficiency zinc, low zinc, deficiencies zinc, Zinc deficiency, Zinc deficiency (disorder), deficiency; zinc, zinc; deficiency
Italian	Carenza di zinco, Zinco basso, Livelli di zinco bassi, Zinco diminuito, Zn++ basso
Dutch	zink verlaagd, zink laag, Zn-spiegels laag, Zn++ laag, deficiëntie; zink, zink; deficiëntie, zinkdeficiëntie
French	Taux de zinc bas, Zn++ bas, Zinc bas, Zinc diminué, DEFICIT DU ZINC, Carence en zinc
German	Zink erniedrigt, Zink niedrig, Zinkspiegel niedrig, Zn++ niedrig, ZINKMANGEL, Zinkmangel
Portuguese	Concentrações baixas de Zn, Zinco baixo, Zn++ baixo, Zinco diminuído, DEFICIENCIA EM ZINCO, Carência de zinco
Spanish	Cinc bajo, Cinc disminuido, Zn++ bajo, Niveles bajos de Zn, Zinc deficiency, ZINC, DEFICIENCIA, deficiencia de zinc, deficiencia de zinc (trastorno), deficiencia de cinc (trastorno), deficiencia de cinc, Déficit de cinc
Japanese	Ｚｎ＋＋低下, 亜鉛欠乏, 亜鉛濃度低下, 亜鉛減少, ｱｴﾝﾉｳﾄﾞﾃｲｶ, ｱｴﾝｹﾂﾎﾞｳ, Zn++ﾃｲｶ, ｱｴﾝｹﾞﾝｼｮｳ
Czech	Nízký zinek, Nízký Zn++, Snížený Zn, Deficit zinku, Nízké hladiny Zn
Hungarian	Cink csökkent, Cink alacsony, Zn++ alacsony, Zn szint alacsony, Cink hiány
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)