Vitamin K deficiency

Vitamin K deficiency
SpecialtyEndocrinology Edit this on Wikidata
Symptomsbruising, petechiae, hematomas, oozing of blood at surgical or puncture sites, stomach pains, cartilage calcification, and severe malformation of developing bone or deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the walls of arteries.
Causesinsufficient dietary vitamin K1 or vitamin K2 or both
Medicationphytonadione

Vitamin K deficiency results from insufficient dietary vitamin K1 or vitamin K2 or both.[1]

  1. ^ "Vitamin K Deficiency: Background, Physiology, Complications and Prognosis". 24 January 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)