What are the symptoms of a deficiency?
In adults, a deficiency of vitamin K can manifest itself in internal hemorrhaging and nosebleeds. In newborn babies, its deficiency causes hemorrhagic disease, hematuria and postoperative bleeding. It can also result in inter-cranial hemorrhages and muscle hematomas. What are the symptoms of excessive intake and toxicity? In otherwise healthy people toxicity rarely occurs due to the dietary ingestion of vitamin K, although it can take place if vitamin K3, the synthetic form of the vitamin, is taken. Excessive intake and toxicity of vitamin K can result in sweating and flushing. Anemia and jaundice may also occur. People who are on medication for the prevention of blood clotting need to consult their doctors before taking a supplement of this vitamin. What are the various effects in the diet? As has been mentioned above, vitamin K is utilized by the body for controlling blood clotting. It is essential for the creation of the liver protein, prothrombin, which precedes the formation of th
