Blood level of vitamin A, ascorbic acid and folate in hemophilic patients

ABSTRACT

The target of this work was to search for any relation between the nutritional status and haemophilia and whether the disease alters the level of certain vitamins. Therefore, serum vitamin A, plasma ascorbic acid, serum and red cell folate had been determined in 23 haemophilic patients together with 16 normal control persons. From the forementioned discussion, we concluded that there was a significant haemophilics despite their dietary vitamin C intake was in excess of 66% of RAD. Meanwhile, the demands for ascorbic acid needed for tissue repair in haemophilic patients could be reduced with prompt medical care of bleeding episodes and optimal nutritional care. A non significant differences had been observed in the serum vitamin A, red cell and serum folate in haemophilic patients as compared to control subjects: