Tag Archives: Vitamin B6 Deficiency

A mental state characterized by excessive response to annoyance. Click Irritability for full description.

Sleeplessness due to inadequate production of neurotransmitters (nerve chemicals) in the brain needed for sleep, especially melatonin. Malnutrition is a major cause. Click for full description.

Sustained elevated arterial blood pressure resulting from impaired absorption of essential co-factors for normal homocysteine metabolism (folate, vitamin B12, or vitamin B6)  that resolves with normalization of homocysteine levels.

Lab analysis of blood draw indicates an abnormal blood level of this transient amino acid.