Vitamin K deficiency
Vitamin K deficiency results from insufficient dietary vitamin K₁ or vitamin K₂ or both. Wikipedia
- Symptoms: bruising, 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.
- Causes: insufficient dietary vitamin K 1 or vitamin K 2 or both
- Medication: phytonadione
- Data source: DuckDuckGo