Vitamin E deficiency

Vitamin E deficiency is uncommon in human but can occur in following cases:

• persons with disorders of fat metabolism
• rare genetic anomalies in the alpha-tocopherol transfer protein
• premature
• very low birth weight infants
• persons with Zinc deficiency

Vitamin E deficiency symptoms are:

• ataxia
• nerve degeneration in hands and feet
• decreased sensation to vibration
• paralysis of eye muscles
• nyctalopia (night blindness)