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A lack of zinc, or zinc deficiency, can lead to various health problems, including hair loss, skin changes, and impaired wound healing, and can also affect taste and smell.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
What is zinc deficiency?
- Zinc is an essential mineral that the body needs for various functions, including immune system support, wound healing, and DNA synthesis.
- Zinc deficiency occurs when the body doesn't get enough zinc through diet or absorption.
- It can be caused by inadequate intake of zinc-rich foods or conditions that impair zinc absorption.
- Skin problems: Skin rashes, lesions, or roughened skin.
- Hair loss: Hair thinning or loss.
- Nail changes: Deformed nails.
- Wound healing: Slow or impaired wound healing.
- Taste and smell: Loss of or diminished sense of taste and smell.
- Other symptoms: Diarrhea (especially in infants), frequent infections, slow growth in children, and lethargy.
- Infants and children: May be at higher risk due to their rapid growth and development.
- People with certain medical conditions: Conditions affecting absorption, such as Crohn's disease or celiac disease, can increase the risk.
- Vegetarians and vegans: May need to pay extra attention to zinc intake, as plant-based sources of zinc can be less readily absorbed.
- Pregnant and breastfeeding women: Increased zinc needs during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Elderly individuals: May have decreased zinc absorption.
