Vitamin B Complex Profile

The Vitamin B6  test measures the levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) in the blood. Pyridoxine is a water-soluble vitamin that plays a crucial role in energy production and metabolism. It's also essential for maintaining healthy skin, eyes, nervous system, immune function, etc, and thus is vital for your overall health and well-being. Analyzing these levels helps doctors assess nutritional deficiencies, detect potential deficiencies, and determine if dietary adjustments or supplementation are necessary to maintain optimal health.

The Vitamin B1 test measures the levels of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in the blood. It is a water-soluble vitamin that plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. The lack of vitamin B1 might lead to some deficiency syndromes involving the nervous system, heart, muscles, and gastrointestinal system. It is mostly caused either due to high excretion levels of thiamine from the body or due to low absorption of thiamine from food sources. 

If not treated timely or left untreated, it can lead to severe deficiency disorders like Beriberi and several abnormalities related to the brain and neural system. Thus assessing vitamin B1 levels can help doctors detect nutritional deficiencies, detect potential deficiencies, and guide if dietary adjustment or supplementation is necessary to maintain optimal health.

The Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) test analyzes the levels of vitamin B9 in the blood. Vitamin B9 is a part of the B complex of vitamins and is an essential nutrient, meaning the body cannot produce it and has to be taken into the diet. Folate is the naturally occurring form of vitamin B9, whereas folic acid refers to a supplement that is added to food and drinks. The deficiency of vitamin B9 (folic acid) can also lead to macrocytic anemia in which the size of the RBCs becomes larger than normal.

The Vitamin B2 test measures the levels of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) in the blood. Riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin that plays a crucial role in energy production and metabolism. It's also essential for maintaining healthy skin, eyes, nervous system, etc, and thus is important for your overall health and well-being. Analyzing these levels helps doctors assess nutritional deficiencies, detect potential deficiencies, and determine if dietary adjustments or supplementation are necessary to maintain optimal health.

The Vitamin B12 test measures your vitamin B12 levels. This vitamin is essential for various health aspects, such as maintaining a healthy nervous system, making red blood cells, and creating the genetic material of our cells. Low vitamin B12 levels are more likely to occur in older adults, children, vegans, vegetarians, people with diabetes, individuals who underwent gastric bypass surgery, women who are breastfeeding, and in conditions like Crohn’s disease that impact the absorption of this vitamin. High vitamin B12 levels are seen in conditions like liver diseases and myeloproliferative disorders. Also, high levels of vitamin B12 are seen in individuals on vitamin supplementation, but this usually does not require treatment as the excess vitamin is flushed out through urine.