Avitaminosis. A word familiar to many. We all know that with vitamin deficiency, immunity weakens, fatigue appears, and hair begins to fall out. Most people are convinced that vitamin deficiency is caused by malnutrition, a lack of vegetables or fruits in the diet. This, of course, is true, but the reasons for its appearance are not limited to malnutrition. A lack of vitamins can occur while taking medication (for example, the drug "Sincumara"). In addition, vitamin deficiency may simply be a feature of the body’s inadequate functioning, especially in elderly people or very young children.
Lack of all vitamins is dangerous to health, but lack of B vitamins affects the body especially. People with such an imbalance sharply spoil the skin, develop a rash, seborrhea, and often herpes zoster. The general condition worsens: depression begins, a person becomes irritable, sleep is disturbed. The nervous system, both central and peripheral, is completely upset. Stomatitis, vomiting, nausea, gastritis, and dysbiosis are also signs of vitamin B6 deficiency. Sometimes a deficiency of B6 can develop into peripheral neuropathy - damage to the fibers of the nervous system.
If at least one, and even more than a few of these symptoms appear, you should immediately undergo an examination. If, as a result of the tests, a deficiency of B6 is established, then the doctor is most likely to prescribe the drug “Pyridoxine” in tablets or injections of this vitamin. Usually, one course of treatment in combination with a healthy diet and a normal lifestyle is enough to restore vitamin balance.
Vitamin B6 "Pyridoxine" - instructions for use explains this - normalizes the nervous system. Once in the body, it is phosphorylated, becoming part of the enzymes involved in the transamination and decarboxylation of amino acids. The drug is involved in the transfer of methionine, tryptophan, glutamic acid, cysteine. Without the vitamin "Pyridoxine" (instructions for use warns) lipid and histamine exchanges are impossible.
However, one must not forget that the uncontrolled intake of vitamin A can lead to convulsions, cause allergic reactions, increase the production of hydrochloric acid, which, in turn, can lead to gastritis.
When are Pyridoxine vitamins prescribed? Instructions for use explain that the medicine is used to treat:
imbalance of vitamin B6 caused by malnutrition, prolonged illness or medication;
(as a component of therapy) in the elimination of enteritis, diarrhea, sprue (a condition that occurs for an unknown reason and is characterized by prolonged diarrhea, anemia);
prolonged stress;
malabsorption syndrome (intestinal absorption disorders);
convulsive conditions caused by the use of certain drugs;
herpes, tuberculosis, dermatitis and hepatitis (in combination with other medicines).
How to drink the medicine "Pyridoxine"? The instruction recommends taking 2-5 mg tablets for the prevention of diseases or 20-30 mg for the treatment of diseases for three months. However, this is the usual dosage. In each case, the doctor determines the individual dosage regimen for the patient. Children are prescribed medicine, taking into account not only the diagnosis, but also the weight and age of the small patient.
Do not take the drug without the supervision of a doctor. It is he who determines the duration of the course and the appropriateness of prescribing vitamin B. The excess of Pyridoxine in the body (instructions for use specifically warns about this) is as harmful as the lack of this vitamin. But vitamin deficiency can be dealt with faster than with hypervitaminosis.