This book is actually three books published as one volume for what may be the first time. This is the story of the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon and it's beautiful, tragic and stirring. Katherine was the daughter of Queen Isabella of Spain.
As a result, a form of vitamin K deficiency, called hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, may develop. This disease involves spontaneous bleeding beneath the skin or elsewhere in the infant's body, and occurs in about 1% of all infants.
Causes of Vitamin K Deficiency. The most common causes of vitamin K deficiency are insufficient dietary intake, inadequate absorption, and decreased storage of the vitamin due to liver disease, but it may also be caused by decreased production in the intestines. Deficiencies in newborns are associated with hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (also called vitamin K deficiency bleeding or VKDB). 2  This can cause bleeding and bruising and, in severe cases, can lead to fatal bleeding into the brain.