1. Boost your immunity and
maintain good health
Dr Falguni Parikh
Consultant Internal Medicine

2. Immunity
• Capacity of the body to keep infections at
bay
• Occasional breakdown of defense system
leading to illness
• Age and immunity
Biological
Micronutrient malnutrition

3. • Lifestyle diseases
• Deficiency diseases
• Infectious diseases
• Age related diseases
cataract,prostate,hearing
disorders,cognitive decline

4. Prevention
• Non infectious diseases/lifestyle diseases
• Deficiency diseases
Infectious diseases

5. Lifestyle and diseases

6. Lifestyle changes

8. Vitamin B12
• Red blood cell production
• Functioning of nervous system
• Immune system
• Memory and concentration
• Deficiency very widespread
• Specially amongst vegetarians

9. Manifestations of B12 deficiency
• Weakness, tiredness
• Irritability
• Depression
• Tingling and numbness in hands and feet
• Palpitations and dizziness

10. Treatment
• Failure to treat can cause anemia,
neuropathy and dementia
• Early recognition and prompt treatment
has good prognosis
• Oral supplementation/intravenous
• Diet mainly non vegetarian like meat,
poultry and dairy products

11. Folic acid
• Pre conception in all females
• Development of spine and brain of fetus
• Megaloblastic anemia

12. Vitamin D
• Helps in calcium absorption and
maintenance of calcium-phosphorus
balance
• Rickets and osteomalacia.
• Osteoporosis - increased fracture risk
• Bones and joints
• Deficiency co exists with many diseases
• Sunscreens prevent absorption

13. Vitamin D deficiency
• Poor growth in children
• Teeth deformities
• Muscle aches and cramps
• Bone pain
• Spinal deformities and posture
abnormalities

14. Management of vitamin D
deficiency
• Oral vitamin D replacement or
intramuscular injections
• Sunlight
Food sources -
• Milk and milk products
• Codliver oil,eggs,fish

15. Iron deficiency

16. Clinical features of Iron Deficiency

17. Treatment of Iron Deficiency

18. Vitamin A
• Needed for healthy teeth, bones, skin and
tissues
• Needed for good vision
• deficiency causes Night blindness

19. Vitamin C
• For tissue wear and tear
• Teeth,bones,cartilage
• Antioxidant
• Cancer,heart disease
• Needs to be supplemented
• Scurvy,bleeding gums,decreased
immunity,joint pains

20. Vitamin E
• Free radical scavenger
• Protects from ill effects of free radicals on
cells and tissues
• To be taken with doctors advice

21. Vitamin K
• Necessary for blood clotting
• Deficiency causes bleeding disorders
• Liver disease, drugs.

22. Preventing infections

23. Common infections
• Viral infections - influenza
• Pneumonia
• Mosquito borne diseases like
Malaria, Dengue
• Food and water borne diseases like
Typhoid fever and hepatitis
• Tuberculosis
• Prevention by vaccines

25. Prevention is the key
• Regular physician visits
• Evaluation of baseline data- Age ,risk
factors, BP monitoring,sugar,lipid profile
• Lifestyle changes
• Vaccines
• Medications

26. Thank you