Management of Arsenicosis by Intake of Proper Foods and Vitamin C Supplementation

A. K. B. Zaman; Md Fazlul Haque

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Management of Arsenicosis by Intake of Proper Foods and Vitamin C Supplementation

A. K. B. Zaman, Md Fazlul Haque

Published in International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 6)

Received: 28 September 2015 Accepted: 11 October 2015 Published: 19 November 2015

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Abstract

Arsenicosis, a disease caused by toxicity of arsenic, has been reported as a severe global health threat for the millions of peoples who are bound to use arsenic contaminated ground water as the main source of drinking water. Arsenicosis can be managed by using synthetic remedies. But, most of these synthetic remedies have side effect and/or are costly for the people of poor countries where arsenicosis is more prevalent. Hence, research on an alternative strategy for management of arsenicosis is important for public health. In this study, as a strategy to manage arsenicosis, a diet regime containing proper foods and vitamin C supplementation was suggested to follow for six months by arsenicosis patients who were selected from three study areas located in northwestern districts (Nawabganj and Rajshahi) of Bangladesh. It was found that the suggested diet regime can cause significant reduction of urinary arsenic excretion, enhancement of blood hemoglobin level, and improvement of keratosis condition in investigated arsenicosis patients after following the diet regime for six months, indicating a positive role of diet regime on betterment of health condition of arsenicosis patients.

Published in	International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnfs.20150406.22
Page(s)	676-680
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Diet Regime, Proper Foods, Vitamin C, Arsenic, Arsenicosis

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A. K. B. Zaman

Department of Dermatology, Barind Medical Collage, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Md Fazlul Haque

Departemnt of Zoology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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  pages = {676-680},
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  abstract = {Arsenicosis, a disease caused by toxicity of arsenic, has been reported as a severe global health threat for the millions of peoples who are bound to use arsenic contaminated ground water as the main source of drinking water. Arsenicosis can be managed by using synthetic remedies. But, most of these synthetic remedies have side effect and/or are costly for the people of poor countries where arsenicosis is more prevalent. Hence, research on an alternative strategy for management of arsenicosis is important for public health. In this study, as a strategy to manage arsenicosis, a diet regime containing proper foods and vitamin C supplementation was suggested to follow for six months by arsenicosis patients who were selected from three study areas located in northwestern districts (Nawabganj and Rajshahi) of Bangladesh. It was found that the suggested diet regime can cause significant reduction of urinary arsenic excretion, enhancement of blood hemoglobin level, and improvement of keratosis condition in investigated arsenicosis patients after following the diet regime for six months, indicating a positive role of diet regime on betterment of health condition of arsenicosis patients.},
 year = {2015}
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