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Vitamin B deficiency

Vitamin B deficiency: Introduction

Insufficient vitamin B intake for normal functioning of the body. There are actually 8 different types of B vitamins: thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pyridoxine (B6), folic acid (B9), cyanocobalamin (B12) pantothenic acid and biotin. A vitamin B deficiency can involve any one of these types or a combination. As Vitamin B plays a role in many aspects of the body's functioning, deficiency can have a serious impact on overall health. ...more »

Symptoms of Vitamin B deficiency

• Cheilosis
• Photophobia
• Sore throat
• Glossitis
• Fissure tongue
• more symptoms...»

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Treatments for Vitamin B deficiency

• Treatment may depend on which specific B vitamin is deficient. A general approach includes:
  • Adequate diet - dietary sources of B Vitamins include yeast, wheat germ, cabbage, spinach, broccoli, liver
  • B Vitamin supplements, usually given as replacement of the specific B Vitamin such as folate or thiamine, as a combined Multi B vitamin supplement does not usually contain enough individual B vitamins to correct specific deficiencies
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Vitamin B deficiency?

• Misdiagnosis of Vitamin B deficiency

Vitamin B deficiency: Deaths

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Types of Vitamin B deficiency

• Vitamin B1 deficiency - also called Thiamine deficiency
• Vitamin B2 deficiency - also called Riboflavin deficiency
• Vitamin B3 deficiency - also called Pyridoxine deficiency
• Vitamin B6 deficiency
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency
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Causes of Vitamin B deficiency

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Misdiagnosis and Vitamin B deficiency

Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as ...read more »

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Vitamin B deficiency

Medical research articles related to Vitamin B deficiency include:

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• Pyelonephritis, Chronic (Treatment)
• Enterococcal Infections (Treatment)
• Bladder Management (Follow-up)
• more research...»

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Clinical Trials for Vitamin B deficiency

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Vitamin B deficiency include:

• Relationship Between Folic Acid and Warfarin Metabolism and Effect - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Folic acid
• Can Recombinant Human Intrinsic Factor Be Used for Evaluation of the Vitamin B12 Absorption? - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Recombinant human intrinsic factor
• How Many Patients Are in Need of Vitamin B12 Injections? - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - vitamin B 12
• more trials...»

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