Causes of Folate deficiency
Causes of Folate deficiency (Diseases Database):
The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Folate deficiency
that are listed by the Diseases Database:
Source: Diseases Database
Folate deficiency Causes: Book Excerpts
Folate deficiency as a symptom:
Conditions listing Folate deficiency
as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Folate deficiency.
Our database lists the following as having
Folate deficiency as a symptom of that condition:
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9
- Cystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anaemia
- Macrocytic anemia
Medications or substances causing Folate deficiency:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Folate deficiency as a symptom.
This list is incomplete and various other drugs or substances
may cause your symptoms.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
Read more about medication causes of Folate deficiency
Drug interactions causing Folate deficiency:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Folate deficiency as a symptom.
The list below is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Methotrexate and Sulfamethoxazole, Trimethoprim interaction
- B Vitamin Supplements and Anticonvulsant interaction
- B Vitamin Supplements and Dilantin (Phenytoin) interaction
- more interactions...»
Read more about medication causes of Folate deficiency
Medical news summaries relating to Folate deficiency:
The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Folate deficiency:
Related information on causes of Folate deficiency:
As with all medical conditions,
there may be many causal factors.
Further relevant information on causes of Folate deficiency may be found in:
Causes of Folate deficiency: Online Medical Books
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Folic acid deficiency anemia:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Folic acid deficiency anemia may result from:
❑ alcohol abuse (alcohol may suppress metabolic effects of folate)
❑ poor diet (common in alcoholics, elderly people living alone, and infants, especially those with infections or diarrhea)
❑ impaired absorption (due to intestinal dysfunction from disorders such as celiac disease, tropical sprue, regional jejunitis, or bowel resection)
❑ bacteria competing for available folic acid
❑ excessive cooking, which can destroy a high percentage of folic acids in foods (See Foods high in folic acid.)
❑ limited storage capacity in infants
❑ prolonged drug therapy (anticonvulsants and estrogens)
❑ increased folic acid requirements during pregnancy; during rapid growth in infancy (common because of recent increase in survival of premature infants); during childhood and adolescence (because of general use of folate-poor cow’s milk); and in patients with neoplastic diseases and some skin diseases (chronic exfoliative dermatitis).
It’s estimated that 10% of the United States population has low folate stores.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Folic acid deficiency anemia:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Folic acid deficiency anemia results from a decreased level or lack of folate, a vitamin that’s essential for red blood cell production and maturation. Causes include:
❑ alcohol abuse (may suppress metabolic effects of folate)
❑ inadequate diet (common in alcoholics, elderly people who live alone, and infants, especially those with infections or diarrhea)
❑ impaired absorption (due to intestinal dysfunction from such disorders as celiac disease, tropical sprue, and regional jejunitis and from bowel resection)
❑ bacteria competing for available folic acid
❑ overcooking, which can destroy a high percentage of folic acids in foods
❑ limited storage capacity in infants
❑ prolonged drug therapy (with anticonvulsants and estrogens)
❑ increased folic acid requirement during pregnancy, during rapid growth in infancy (common because of increased survival rate of preterm infants), during childhood and adolescence (because of general use of folate-poor cow’s milk), and in patients with neoplastic diseases and some skin diseases (chronic exfoliative dermatitis).
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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