Accutane and VITAMIN A deficiency

I wrote about this awhile back, but I'm posting it for newcomers. I had a specialized vitamin and mineral deficiency blood test which tested what your cells were actually absorbing. Other blood tests just show what is flowing in your blood, but not how you are absorbing it. Although I was low on some vitamins and minerals, the only deficiency that showed was vitamin A deficiency. Fat-soluable vitamin deficiency as with vitamin A, D, E, and K is to be expected with celiac disease depending on which part of the small intestine is damaged.

However, Accutane users can also suffer from vitamin A deficiency. This could or could not mean anything, but I am just posting it since it's a link with one condition and another.

"Retinoic acid if given to vitamin A deficient people can cause blindness.....it's not the same chemical, it doesn't function the same way as retinol. Retinoic acid is more about DNA transcription and skin cell proliferation. Vitamin A (retinol) is used for eye health and loads of other stuff that retinoic acid doesn't have anything to do with.

But then you get people with really bad eye sensitivity after Accutane, were they are very sensitive to light and have very dry eyes and mucous membranes. That's all retinoic acid being used in the receptors instead of healthy Vitamin A. Personally, I see no benefit from high Beta carotene foods...I don't think the body converts it into active vitamin A. Since the retinoic acid is in the receptor, it tricks the body into thinking it doesn't need any more.

The problem with accutane sufferers is they have loads of retinoic acid, no retinol and no retinal....because of their aversion to eating vitamin A in food. It's deficiency coupled with toxicity."