Talk:Carotenosis

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The title of the article is Carotenosis. However, this term appears only once in the article (aside from the title). The term carotenemia is used instead. If the terms are interchangeable, the body of the article should be changed to reflect the title. If indeed the two terms are not interchangeable, the article should be moved to one with the title Carotenemia. Opinions? Winston Spencer (talk) 23:59, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Likewise to the above comment, it seems that "carotenoderma" is used interchangeably with the "carotenemia", one paragraph using the latter, then next using the former, as if nothing happened. Is it possible to include a note about equivalence of terms or their definitions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.253.96.133 (talk) 11:53, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Article should be re-named Carotenemia. Carotenosis is less used, and less well known (as shown by Google hits). Carotenosis and carotenoderma could be mentioned along with xanthaemia as alternate though uncommon terms. All should cross reference to Carotenemia. Ocdnctx (talk) 02:10, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

I disagree about changing name to carotenemia, or duplicating all content here to carotenemia. Elevated serum beta-carotene, if less than what is achieved by 20-30 mg/day, will not necessarily cause discoloration of the skin.David notMD (talk) 03:42, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

NEW PICTURE PLEASE

This picture is not a good example for the condition. For starters, babies are always red and dappeled so the difference between this baby and a 30 year old are not clear, because no one knows how red this baby is on any given day. Secondly, the baby is wearing red! We all look a little more colorful in the face when we wear red. In all the world can a better and clearer example not be found? Third, he isn't that orange to begin with. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.137.150.35 (talk) 03:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

How much beta-carotene does it take?

One thing I was hoping to find in this article and that I've had a very difficult time locating elsewhere is how much beta-carotene (in mg, mcg, or IU) it typically takes to induce carotenosis. There has to be case literature on this. What is the lowest beta-carotene dose at which this effect has been observed? "Excessive" is not defined. Matt2h (talk) 07:30, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

There is remarkably little literature on this question besides "everyone knows." Goodman 1993 (PMID 8348063) reported that for adults consuming 30 mg/day as a dietary supplement, 60% had yellowing of the skin. Stahl 1998 reported yellowing after 8+ weeks at 24 mg/day (PMID 9567001). Normal diet intake on the order of 2 mg/day. Normal serum concentration ~ 170 ug/L. Supplements in 20-30 mg/day range increase that to 2000-4000 ug/L. This from Albanes 1996 (PMID 8901854). Roughly 10-15X diet as supplement results in 10-15X serum and majority but not all people get yellowing of skin.David notMD (talk) 00:53, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

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This is the sort of article that would benefit from a good one (or even a few). Drsruli (talk) 04:15, 3 October 2022 (UTC)