CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - Midwifery Counseling and Education

Zinc is an essential mineral for maternal health. Which of the following is a complication of zinc deficiency?
  1. Growth failure
  2. Loss of taste
  3. Delayed wound healing
  4. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: D. All of the above

Zinc deficiency can be defined as either insufficient zinc to meet the needs of the body (and thereby causing clinical manifestations), or quantitatively as a serum zinc level below the normal range. Zinc is an essential mineral for maternal health. Proper supplement of zinc is very important for further development of fetus.
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