What is Pyridoxine deficiency?
What is Pyridoxine deficiency?
- Pyridoxine deficiency: Deficiency of vitamin B6 which has many uses in the body.
- Pyridoxine 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
Pyridoxine deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Pyridoxine deficiency, or a subtype of Pyridoxine deficiency,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Pyridoxine deficiency: Introduction
Types of Pyridoxine deficiency:
Broader types of Pyridoxine deficiency:
How serious is Pyridoxine deficiency?
Complications of Pyridoxine deficiency:
see complications of Pyridoxine deficiency
What causes Pyridoxine deficiency?
Causes of Pyridoxine deficiency: see causes of Pyridoxine deficiency
What are the symptoms of Pyridoxine deficiency?
Symptoms of Pyridoxine deficiency:
see symptoms of Pyridoxine deficiency
Complications of Pyridoxine deficiency:
see complications of Pyridoxine deficiency
Pyridoxine deficiency: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Pyridoxine deficiency.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Pyridoxine deficiency.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Pyridoxine deficiency:
see treatments for Pyridoxine deficiency
Research for Pyridoxine deficiency:
see research for Pyridoxine deficiency
Name and Aliases of Pyridoxine deficiency
Main name of condition: Pyridoxine deficiency
Other names or spellings for Pyridoxine deficiency:
vitamin B6 deficiency, Vitamin deficiency, B6
Vitamin B6 deficiency
Source - Diseases Database
Vitamin B6 deficiency, Vitamin deficiency, B6, Vitamin deficiency, B6
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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