What are the symptoms of selenium deficiency

Selenium is the king of anti-cancer trace elements in the human body. Selenium plays a great role in the human body. Therefore, when the human body is deficient in selenium, there will be some symptoms. The symptoms of selenium deficiency are quite obvious. Not only will it affect the heart, but it may also cause infection with various viruses.

1. Symptoms

In my country, endemic diseases caused by selenium deficiency have spread to more than ten provinces and autonomous regions from the northeast to the southwest. It has been found that Keshan disease and Kashin-Beck disease are closely related to selenium deficiency. Keshan disease often occurs in the growing and developing childhood, most commonly between 2 and 6 years old, but also occurs in women of childbearing age. It mainly affects the heart, causing arrhythmia, tachycardia or bradycardia and cardiac enlargement, and finally leading to heart failure and cardiogenic shock. The main pathological changes of Kaschin-Beck disease are degeneration and necrosis of chondrocytes at the bone ends, muscle atrophy, and influence on bone growth and development. The disease mostly occurs in adolescents. In areas with low selenium content in the soil, patients with a disease medically known as "muscle syndrome" have also been found, which manifests itself in muscle pain and fatigue in walking. In addition, 17 common diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, cataracts, decreased fertility, and prostate cancer are related to selenium deficiency.

2. Harm of selenium deficiency

my country is a country with serious selenium deficiency, so scientific and orderly selenium supplementation is an urgent task for Chinese residents to improve their dietary structure! Selenium is called "the fire of life" by scientists. 42 diseases such as human cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, mental retardation in children, and Alzheimer's disease are related to selenium deficiency. 70% of my country's regions are selenium deficient.

When the human body is deficient in selenium, people often feel uncomfortable and have problems with various functions. According to statistics, when the human body is deficient in selenium, the risk of infection with various viruses increases significantly.

3. Others

When the human body is deficient in selenium, the pathogenicity of common viruses will increase. For example, coxsackieviruses can cause polio-like symptoms, such as fever and rash, in people with colds, without the paralysis. Scientists have isolated Coxsackievirus from the blood and tissues of Keshan disease patients and confirmed that Keshan disease is caused by a more toxic Coxsackievirus.

Other viruses, such as the common cold, HIV, Ebola, smallpox, and hepatitis, have similar sensitivities to selenium deficiency. For example, research from the University of Miami has shown that the mortality rate of HIV-infected people with selenium deficiency is more than 20 times higher than that of HIV-infected people with selenoenzyme.