Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine is a water-soluble vitamin essential for the metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins and fats, as well as for maintaining normal nerve function and for the formation of red blood cells.
Normally people are seldom deficient in this vitamin because this vitamin is found in many food sources. However, it plays an important role in the formation of new cells, it regenerates new cells quickly for proper functioning of the body. So whenever a person is deficient in vitamin B6, the effect will show on skin because the skin is healthy whenever new cells are formed otherwise the not there is a skin disorders.
The deficient symptoms for B6 are convulsions and seizures related to nervous system, anemia (hypochromic and pernicious anemia), malaise, fatigue, muscle weakness, nausea, vomiting, nervousness, irritability, depression, difficulty concentrating, short-term memory loss, age-related muscular degeneration,premenstrual syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, scaling on the lips and cracks at the corners of the mouth, swollen tongue, skin problems such as dermatitis and acne as well asthma and allergies, weakened immune function, abnormally acute hearing, ridged nails, osteoporosis, arthritis, kidney stones may also appear and convulsive seizures.
Sometimes, symptoms are not shown for weeks to months even you are deficient in vitamin B6. If you are taking drugs for some diseases such as renal diseases, chronic renal insufficiency, and other kidney diseases, it can cause vitamin B6 deficiency. Even if you are taking any medications or drugs for diseases such as anti epileptic drugs, there is a chance of deficiency in vitamin B6.
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