Mr. Wu almost got into a fight with the obstetric doctor, only to learn later that everything was a misunderstanding.

Mr. Wu (pseudonym), a native of Shanghai, this year32I have been looking forward to the birth of the child for a long time, but because the birth process of his wife was not very smooth, Mr. Wu's daughter was sent to the incubator for oxygen as soon as she was born.

Mr. Wu was very anxious, and the hospital's payment slips also came one by one, and in just a few days, tens of thousands of dollars were spent. Mr. Wu was exhausted, and when he paid a fee, he accidentally saw a note about vitaminsKInjection slips. Mr. Wu was blown up immediately, and the hospital did not inform Mr. Wu of this cost beforehand, and he did not know that new births must be injected with vitaminsK, just like that, I got into trouble with the attending doctor.

Fortunately, through the doctor's explanation, Mr. Wu understood the reason. Mr. Wu said:"I'm not a doctor, so I don't know about vitamin injections for childrenK, to prevent postpartum hemorrhage. ”

In general, children are given vitamin injections before birthK, which is due to the fact that children are prone to vitamin deficiencyK, leading to problems such as intracranial hemorrhage.

Compared to vitaminsB、CvitaminKThe existence is so small that many people have never heard of it, but Xiao Miao wants to tell everyone that vitaminsKIt is one of the most important vitamins for the human body.

1. What is a vitamin?K?

Many people have heard of vitamin B and C, but few people have heard of vitamin K.

vitaminKThere are vitaminsK1、K2、K3、K4Four forms, among themK1、K2is naturally occurring and belongs to fat-soluble vitamins,K3、K4It is a synthetic, water-soluble vitamin.Vitamin K is resistant to acid and heat, and is very little lost in normal cooking, but it is sensitive to light and is easily decomposed by ultraviolet rays and alkalis. Vitamin K is an important nutrient that prevents bleeding disorders in infants, reduces heavy bleeding during menstruation, prevents hemorrhoids and internal bleeding, and promotes normal blood clotting.

2. VitaminsKExtremely important for human health

Vitamin K plays an extremely important role in human health.

First of all, vitamin K can play a role in blood clotting.Studies have found that vitamin K is an essential substance for the synthesis of coagulation factors 10,0,0,0, or a coenzyme for coagulation factors γ-carboxylase.

secondlyVitamin K can prevent arterial calcification.Stromal Gla protein is a strong inhibitor of vascular calcification, if the body lacks vitamin K, it will make the matrix Gla protein hypocarboxylation, resulting in the vascular calcification process is affected, so the intake of vitamin K can prevent arterial calcification, which is beneficial to cardiovascular health.

Other than thatVitamin K can also prevent osteoporosis.Vitamin K is involved in bone metabolism in the human body, and studies and epidemiological investigations have shown that vitamin K supplementation can effectively reduce bone loss, and for patients with osteoporosis, it can reduce the incidence of fractures. Therefore, vitamin K supplementation can prevent and treat osteoporosis to a certain extent.

Threeappear3 The main symptom is vitamin K deficiency

Vitamin K is so important, so do you know if you are deficient? A deficiency of vitamin K in the body will cause 3 major symptoms.

●Haemorrhage:Vitamin K is involved in the body's blood clotting, and when vitamin K is deficient, it will cause blood clotting dysfunction and bleeding. The skin is prone to bruising and ecchymosis, nosebleeds, bleeding gums, gastrointestinal bleeding, wounds that are not easy to heal, etc., and women will have prolonged menstruation.

●Insomnia and dreams:When vitamin K is deficient, neurological symptoms such as insomnia, dreaminess, drowsiness and anger, irritability and anxiety occur.

●Dyspepsia:Vitamin K deficiency will also affect the digestive system, and the digestion and absorption function of the gastrointestinal tract will be reduced, resulting in symptoms such as indigestion, nausea and vomiting, acid reflux, and heartburn.

4. How to supplement vitaminsK？

Vitamin K deficiency, how should we supplement?

0arrive1Babies of the age of age need to be supplemented daily10arrive20micrograms of vitaminsK，0reach11years of age for children11arrive60microgram11arrive18Teenagers are years old50arrive100microgram18Adults over the age of age should consume daily70arrive140Microgram.If it is necessary to calculate vitamin K intake, the Dietary Reference Intakes for Chinese Residents shows that the level of vitamin K intake for bone health is 2 μg/kg.

For vitaminsKFood is the safest and most effective way to consume vitaminsKThe common content is the vitamins of green leafy vegetables, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, cauliflower and other foodsKThe content is not low, you can eat more appropriately, and you can use soybean oil, olive oil and other vitamins for cooking oilKHigh content of edible oil.

Xiao Miao listed the content of vitamin K in some common foods, hoping to give you some reference.

vitaminKThere is no doubt about the importance of the human body, but in reality, many people do not consume enough and need to adjust their diet, especially the elderly. If for some reason you can't get enough vitamins from foodK, supplements may be used.

參考資料:

[1]LONG Yan; ZHANG Changhua.The role of vitamin K in human bone health[J].Chinese Journal of Osteoporosis.1220-0:0(0)-0-0

[2]號稱“King of Blood Clotting”of vitaminsKHow to supplement.Surging news.12-0-0

[3]Cui Jiaxing.How to supplement vitamin K in the elderly[J].Friends of Diabetes.02-0

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