E59: Dietary selenium deficiency
You have taken insufficient selenium with your food.
Selenium is a component of many proteins in the body. Selenium is needed in the body to repair tissue, for example. In Europe, selenium is contained in particularly large amounts in fish, eggs and meat. Selenium is also present in plant-based food such as coconuts. The amount of selenium in plant-based food depends on the selenium content in the soil.
You have taken insufficient selenium with your food. If you have insufficient selenium in your body, you may for instance get symptoms due to insufficient thyroid gland messenger substances. The thyroid gland needs selenium to properly produce its messenger substances. The thyroid gland messenger substances regulate the heartbeat, body temperature and digestion, for example.
If there is insufficient selenium in the body, the nails may also be altered and the skin can become scaly. It is also possible that you will get muscle discomfort. Insufficient selenium in the body may also lead to heart disease.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
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