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Cobre en la dieta - Efectos secundarios

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Dieta y cobre

Efectos secundarios:

Normalmente, las personas obtienen suficiente cobre en los alimentos que consumen. La enfermedad de Menkes (síndrome del cabello ensortijado de Menkes) es un trastorno muy poco común del metabolismo del cobre que está presente antes del nacimiento y ocurre en bebés de sexo masculino.

La falta de cobre puede llevar a que se presente anemia y osteoporosis.

El cobre es tóxico en grandes cantidades. Un trastorno hereditario muy raro, la enfermedad de Wilson, ocasiona depósitos de cobre en el hígado, el cerebro y otros órganos. El aumento de cobre en estos tejidos conduce a hepatitis, problemas renales, trastornos cerebrales y otros problemas.

Fecha de revisión: 3/2/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:William McGee, M.D., M.H.A., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, and Chairman, Nutrition Committee, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. and Alice O'Connor, MS, RD, LDN, CNSD, Clinical Dietitian, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Trumbo P, Yates AA, Schlicker S, Poos M. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies. Dietary reference intakes: vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001 Mar;101(3):294-301.

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