Vitamin B6 deficiency

Introduction: Vitamin B6 deficiency

Description of Vitamin B6 deficiency

Vitamin B6 deficiency (medical condition): Deficiency of vitamin B6 which has many uses in the...more »

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Pyridoxine deficiency:
  »Introduction: Pyridoxine deficiency
  »Symptoms of Pyridoxine deficiency
  »Treatments for Pyridoxine deficiency

Vitamin B6 deficiency: A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 6 in the diet, characterized by dermatitis, glossitis, cheilosis, and stomatitis. Marked deficiency causes irritability, weakness, depression, dizziness, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures. In infants and children typical manifestations are diarrhea, anemia, and seizures. Deficiency can be caused by certain medications, such as isoniazid.
Source: Diseases Database

Vitamin B6 deficiency: condition due to deficiency of vitamin B6.
Source: CRISP

Vitamin B6 deficiency: A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 6 in the diet, characterized by dermatitis, glossitis, cheilosis, and stomatitis. Marked deficiency causes irritability, weakness, depression, dizziness, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures. In infants and children typical manifestations are diarrhea, anemia, and seizures. Deficiency can be caused by certain medications, such as isoniazid.
Source: MeSH 2007

Vitamin B6 deficiency: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Vitamin B6 deficiency:

• Vitamin B6
• B6 deficiency
• Vitamin
• Deficiency
• Deficiency disease
• Condition
• Diet
• Dermatitis (116 causes)

Vitamin B6 deficiency: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Vitamin B6 deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Vitamin B6 deficiency, or a subtype of Vitamin B6 deficiency, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Vitamin B6 deficiency as a Disease

Vitamin B6 deficiency: Another name for Pyridoxine deficiency (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Pyridoxine deficiency
  »Symptoms of Pyridoxine deficiency
  »Treatments for Pyridoxine deficiency

Vitamin B6 deficiency: Related Diseases

Vitamin B6 deficiency: Vitamin B6 deficiency is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Vitamin deficiency
• Vitamin B deficiency

Causes of Vitamin B6 deficiency

Some of the causes of Vitamin B6 deficiency are included in the list below:

• Cyclosporin
• Isoniazid
• Penicillamine

Read more about causes of Vitamin B6 deficiency (Pyridoxine deficiency)

Symptoms of Vitamin B6 deficiency (Pyridoxine deficiency)

Some of the symptoms of Vitamin B6 deficiency incude:

• Pellagra-like symptoms - see symptoms of pellagra
• Anemia
• Impaired antibody production
• Lowered immunity
• Convulsions in children

See full list of 24 symptoms of Vitamin B6 deficiency (Pyridoxine deficiency)

Treatments for Vitamin B6 deficiency (Pyridoxine deficiency)

Treatments for Vitamin B6 deficiency (Pyridoxine deficiency) include:

• Adequate pyridoxine in diet - sources include meat, fish, yeasts, nuts, legumes, egg yolk.
• Vitamin B6

Read more about treatments for Vitamin B6 deficiency

Treatment of Vitamin B6 deficiency: For more treatment information about Vitamin B6 deficiency, see treatment of Pyridoxine deficiency (Vitamin B6 deficiency)

Vitamin B6 deficiency: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Vitamin B6 deficiency:

• itamin deficiency
• vitamin B
• vitamin B6
• pyridoxine
• vitamin B deficiency
• pyridoxine 5'-phosphate
• pyridoxal 5'-phosphate
• PLP
• vitamin B-6 deficiency
• malnutrition
• peripheral neuropathy
• poor diet

Terms associated with Vitamin B6 deficiency:

Terms Similar to Vitamin B6 deficiency:

• Pyridoxine deficiency

Source: Diseases Database

• Vitamin deficiency, B6
• Pyridoxine deficiency

Source - NIH

Broader terms for Vitamin B6 deficiency

• vitamin B deficiency

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Vitamin B6 deficiency

The following list attempts to classify Vitamin B6 deficiency into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Deficiency of B-complex components
• NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
• ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES, AND IMMUNITY DISORDERS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Vitamin B6 deficiency

• eMedicine - Pyridoxine Deficiency : Article by Richard E Frye, MD, PhD

Source: Diseases Database

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