The role of vitamin B6 in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases

There are eight forms of vitamin B, they play an important role in promoting health, including the nervous system, to extend the youth and the endocrine glands. Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine, is not the last place among the B-group vitamins. Vitamin B6 is involved in amino acid and protein synthesis, it is resistant to oxygen, is not destroyed by heating, it dissolves well in water, alcohol, but insoluble in ether, fatty dye, and is also sensitive to light.

Vitamin B6 is involved in many chemical reactions occurring in the body. It can be considered the storeroom of enzymes. In other words, it is impossible without the emergence and preservation of life. It plays an important role in the metabolism of fats and proteins. The greater their uses people require more vitamin (like vitamin C). Moreover, the final product of the assimilation of food is oxalic acid. But if the body little vitamin B6, one of the enzymes (transaminase) is blocked, and without oxalic acid can not be converted into soluble compounds. Then oxalic acid is connected to and forms calcium oxalate, which are deposited in the form of sand and stones in the kidney.

Vitamin B6 and cardiovascular system

It is believed that vitamin B6 helps the body produce neurotransmitters, chemicals that transmit nerve impulses from one nerve cell to another. Vitamin B6 is involved in the production of hormones norepinephrine and melatonin. Norepinephrine affects mood, and melatonin regulates the "biological clock" in our body, and serotonin. In addition, vitamin B6 is essential for normal development and functioning of the brain.

In combination with vitamins B12 and B9 (folic acid), vitamin B6 is involved in regulating the levels of homocysteine ​​in the blood and naturally helps the body to function normally. In addition, vitamin B6 helps the absorption of vitamin B12 and the production of red and white blood cells.

Deficiency of vitamin B6 can cause weakness, irritation, fatigue, depression Depression - a little more than a bad mood , Inability to concentrate, short term memory loss and increased anxiety Anxiety - how to distinguish normal from disease? . In addition, it promotes the development of cardiovascular diseases.

There is an inverse relationship between the intake of vitamin B6 and the likelihood of cardiovascular disease: the lower the vitamin B6 you consume, the higher the risk of heart attack.

Lack of vitamin B6 also causes vomiting and nausea, so to avoid this should take the recommended dose of vitamin B6 daily. Another "plus" vitamin B6 is that it increases the hormone serotonin, thereby preventing depression. It is also believed that vitamin B6 reduces the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and the effective prevention of Parkinson's disease.

In addition, an extra dose of vitamin B6 is needed in the following categories of people:

• Women taking birth control pills or any medication containing estrogen Estrogen - the key to bone health ;
• pregnant women, the body which formed a huge amount of estrogen, by the end of pregnancy sometimes need vitamin B6 is a thousand times more than the norm;
• in the last two weeks of menstrual cycle, when the body produces the largest number of estrogen;
• everyone who takes medication with steroids, such as cortisone;
• those who, despite all their efforts, can not lose weight (the reason may be a lack of vitamin B6);
• teenagers with acne Acne: facial trouble Caused by increased activity of the sebaceous glands and difficult to treat. The rash may disappear in a period of 5 to 21 days when using the ointment, which includes 10 or 50 mg of vitamin B6 per 1 g of cream (fat). Initially, it stops itching, peeling and then comes finally disappears redness.

Natural sources of vitamin B6: milk, cheese, cottage cheese, spinach, tuna, bran, meat of turkey and chicken, sunflower seeds, flour, meal, sprouted grains, legumes and beans. If your diet can not provide the required amount of vitamin B6, take vitamin supplements, after consulting your doctor.

Treatment of infectious mononucleosis

Currently, there is no reliable treatment for the disease; the use of antiviral drugs is not to speed up the healing process. Infectious mononucleosis antibiotics are not used, as for other viral infections, but they can be avoided in some complications of the disease. Usually, symptoms disappear one or two months after their appearance; for their relief can be assigned to symptomatic treatment.

Infectious mononucleosis - treatment in children. Although mononucleosis in children usually is mild, they, nevertheless, it is recommended in the first few weeks to refrain from action games, sports, and also visits schools and kindergartens. The latter is due to the need to prevent infection of other children. Convince baby move less when it feels pretty good, it can be difficult, but try to explain to him that so he can avoid complications and recover faster. Heavy loads and, in particular, the injury in the first week of illness often lead to serious complications, including - to the rupture of the spleen, due to which the child will have to stay in hospital for a long time.

Formulations for lowering the body temperature, the relief of pain in the throat and other symptoms of mononucleosis, children can be given as needed. Before you give any medication (including OTC) young children, be sure to consult your pediatrician.

Treatment of infectious mononucleosis in adults Mononucleosis in adults - a rare phenomenon . If you suspect mononucleosis in adults as well as children, it is necessary to consult a doctor. This disease does not always cause very severe symptoms, and some patients can move it on the feet, but sometimes medical supervision to avoid severe complications. In addition, infectious mononucleosis in adults also requires limitation of physical activity for at least one month.

Patients should abandon the intense training and hard physical labor, especially if they are associated with an increased risk of falls and injuries. Talk to your doctor - it is based on the severity of the disease and your general state of health, will be able to decide when you will be safe to return to your workout routine and work. At the same time, compliance with bed rest for patients with mononucleosis adults are not necessarily or even desirable. They can walk, carry out simple housework, but avoiding extreme fatigue. It is very important that patients get enough rest, enough sleep, and drink plenty of fluids. As necessary, you can take non-prescription analgesics and antipyretics, and to relieve pain in the throat to hold rinse with warm salt water.

In some cases, to alleviate the symptoms of mononucleosis Symptoms of mononucleosis - easy to make a mistake   Corticosteroids are also used. Generally, the attitude to the use of these drugs for mononucleosis in a medical environment is very controversial - not least because of the high probability of adverse effects as a result of receiving corticosteroids. Most experts believe that their use is justified only in cases where there is a risk that mononucleosis can cause airway obstruction, although in practice they are sometimes used in milder cases.

Complications after infectious mononucleosis

Usually, infectious mononucleosis occurs in mild to moderate-severe and goes without consequences, the less, it can sometimes cause complications. The consequences of infectious mononucleosis in children often relatively easy. For example, they may develop secondary sinusitis or tonsillitis - a disease that can cause severe discomfort, but fortunately, pass quickly.

More severe consequences of infectious mononucleosis are rarely found in children and adults. These include:

• Rupture of the spleen. In most cases it is between 4 and 21 days after the onset of symptoms of mononucleosis. Therefore, doctors recommend the sick, at least for one month to abstain from major physical exertion. The main feature of splenic rupture is a sudden, sharp pain in the left abdomen. When this symptom you should immediately see a doctor;
• Inflammation of the liver, hepatitis, or Hepatitis - the scourge of our time   - Complication of infectious mononucleosis, which, fortunately, rarely leads to serious health consequences. Its main symptom is jaundice - a condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes become yellowish tint;
• Anemia - reducing the level of hemoglobin and / or erythrocytes in the blood. This complication of mononucleosis is extremely rare;
• Thrombocytopenia - decrease in the level of platelets in the blood;
• Inflammation of the heart muscle, or myocarditis - another very rare complication of mononucleosis;
• Guillain-Barre syndrome;
• Airway obstruction due to an increase in the tonsils.

The prognosis of infectious mononucleosis

Symptoms of mononucleosis rarely persists for more than four months. Most cases of infectious mononucleosis recover two to four weeks, and 50% of patients after a couple of weeks after the onset of symptoms can return to their usual business (except for intense exercise, as discussed above).

In rare cases, when the disease lasts for more than six months, suggests chronic mononucleosis.

Epstein - Barr will remain in an inactive state in the blood cells throughout the patient's life. Sometimes it can be reactivated, without causing any symptoms. At such times, a person can spread the virus through saliva, it myself without knowing it. However, the probability of reactivation, as well as the fact that we have people who contracted the virus will develop active infection is quite low.

In very rare cases, patients who are carriers of Epstein - Barr virus, can develop one of the two rare cancers - Burkitt's lymphoma or carcinoma nozofaringealnaya Carcinoma - how to prevent disaster?   - Nasopharyngeal cancer. Today, scientists have known that the Epstein - Barr virus plays a role in the development of these cancers, but most probably it is not the only cause of these diseases.