Pellagra

Pellagra is now rare in developed countries which enjoy balanced diets and fortified foods, but it was once a huge public health problem in the US. Three million Americans contracted pellagra and 100,000 died of it from 1906-40.
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Pellagra
Related Category: Pathology
(plg´r), deficiency disease due to a lack of niacin (nicotinic acid), one of the components of the B complex vitamins in the diet. Niacin is plentiful in yeast, organ meats, peanuts, and wheat germ.
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Pellagra
Definition:
Pellagra is a disease that occurs when a person does not get enough niacin (one of the B complex vitamins) or tryptophan (an amino acid) in their diet. It can also occur if the body fails to absorb these nutrients.
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Pellagra (niacin) Niacin (vitamin B-3) and niacinamide are FDA approved for the treatment of niacin deficiency.
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PELLAGRA (B Vitamin Deficiency)
SYMPTOMS"Depression, anxiety, dizziness, headaches, diarrhea, loss of appetite, red tongue that is sore and inflamed, weakness, weight loss, dementia, and itchy skin on the hands and neck.
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Pelger, Karel; pelican; pelick; pelicosauria; pelidnoma; peliom; pelioma; peliosis; peliosis hepatis; peliosis hepatitis; pelisse; Pelizaeus, Friedrich; Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease; pelizaeus-merzbacher syndrome; pell; pellack; pellage; pellagra; ...
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Deficiency - Niacin (Pellagra)
Deficiency - Vitamin C (Scurvy)
Deficient or Defective Apolipoprotein E (Familial Dysbetalipoproteinemia)
Degenerative Joint Disease (Osteoarthritis)
Dehydration ...
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NIACIN - Member of the water soluble B vitamin group; used in the production of fatty acids, steroids, and cholesterol; deficiency is known as pellagra. Has cholesterol-lowering and vasodilating properties.
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