What is Pellagra?

What is Pellagra?

• Pellagra: Dietary deficiency of vitamin B3 (niacin).
• Pellagra: a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Name and Aliases of Pellagra

Main name of condition: Pellagra

niacin deficiency, nicotinic acid deficiency, vitamin B3 deficiency

Niacin deficiency, Nicotinic acid deficiency, Vitamin B3 deficiency Source - Diseases Database

Alpine scurvy, Mal de la rosa, Mal rosso, Maidism, Mayidism, Saint Ignatius' itch
Source - WordNet 2.1

Types of Pellagra:

Parent types of Pellagra: Vitamin deficiency, Vitamin B deficiency

How serious is Pellagra?

Complications of Pellagra: see complications of Pellagra

What causes Pellagra?

Class of Condition for Pellagra: deficiency vitamin
Causes of Pellagra: see causes of Pellagra

How is it treated?

Treatments for Pellagra: see treatments for Pellagra
Prevention of Pellagra: see prevention of Pellagra

Society issues for Pellagra

Hospitalization statistics for Pellagra: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Pellagra:

• 0% (1) of hospital consultant episodes were for niacin deficiency (pellagra) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for niacin deficiency (pellagra) required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for niacin deficiency (pellagra) were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for niacin deficiency (pellagra) were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for niacin deficiency (pellagra) required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 18 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for niacin deficiency (pellagra) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 18 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for niacin eficiency (pellagra) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 48 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for niacin deficiency (pellagra) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for niacin deficiency (pellagra) occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for niacin deficiency (pellagra) occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for niacin deficiency (pellagra) were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% (18) of hospital bed days were for niacin deficiency (pellagra) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)