Diseases and Conditions Associated with Zinc Deficiency. Serum Zinc in Pregnant Women with Reproductive Failures and Serum Zinc in Children with Type I Diabetes

Apart from severe zinc deficiency in akrodermatitis enteropatika, clinical effects of more moderate zinc deficiency are diarrhea, pneumonia, behavioral problems, impaired memory, learning disability and neuronal atrophy, alopecia, growth retardation, gonadal hypofunction, abnormal pregnancy, susceptibility to infections, delayed wound healing, impaired glucose tolerance, and many others. These effects are obtained in clinical studies that give a positive response to zinc supplement therapy. In this aspect, our study is a brief overview of diseases and conditions where zinc deficiency is observed. The second part of the study presents our results on the levels of serum zinc in women with reproductive failures and in children with type I diabetes. The results showed that serum zinc was in deficient levels. We recommend proper diet, including foods and fortifitsirani fortified multivitamin preparations with zinc. In conclusion we consider that the addition of zinc to the diet could improve the current status of patients with zinc deficiency and could even lead to survival of children with various diseases and conditions. Due to varied results for concentrations of zinc and other trace elements in blood serum as indicators of micronutrient status it is necessary to carry out more detailed studies to identify the reasons and mechanisms of the micronutrient deficiency in different disorders.