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Does Pernicious Anemia-Vitamin B12 Deficiency cause Hair Loss?

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    Don’t panic, but if you have pernicious anemia from vitamin B12 deficiency, then you might also suffer hair loss.  And it’s not just a “guy thing”- even women may experience hair loss or whitening when pernicious anemia (or iron deficiency anemia) is present.  Here’s what you need to know about pernicious anemia, vitamin […]

Is Vitamin B12 Deficiency an Autoimmune Disorder? Yup.

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    If you’ve been diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency, you’re probably wondering, “How did this happen?”  Unless you’re a vegan or a gastric bypass patient, it’s possible that vitamin B12 deficiency resulted from an autoimmune disorder that causes pernicious anemia. Vitamin B12 deficiency- what are the symptoms? Vitamin B12 is essential for maintaining your […]

Pernicious Anemia- Vitamin B12 Deficiency is Nerve Rattling- Peripheral Neuropathy

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    Do your legs keep going numb?  It could be vitamin B12 deficiency. Peripheral neuropathy -nerve damage from pernicious anemia-vitamin B12 deficiency- causes symptoms like pain, burning, and tingling sensations in your fingers and toes. Find out how vitamin B12 supplements can help… They’re like Fed Ex for your nervous system Your peripheral nerves operate […]

Do you have Franken-DNA from Pernicious Anemia?

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    Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia, which creates horrible symptoms like painful tingling in your hands and feet, numbness, chronic fatigue, memory loss, depression, and even chronic clumsiness.  What’s really behind all these debilitating symptoms, you wonder?  Deranged DNA… You’re mad, I tell you- Mad! Pernicious anemia (PA) tends to creep up on […]

Pernicious Anemia and B12 Deficiency- Historically Fatal, Still Formidable

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    Vitamin B12 deficiency, Addison-Biermer’s anemia- Pernicious anemia (PA) has been called many things.  Though we have a cure in vitamin B12 supplements, symptoms of pernicious anemia remain similar to historical descriptions of this once fatal disease. “Starvation in the midst of plenty” In 1849, if a doctor diagnosed you with pernicious anemia, he […]

Juvenile Vitamin B12 Deficiency- the Dinosaur of all Disorders, say Scientists

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    Recently, scientists discovered an ancient mutant gene putting vitamin B12 deficiency around the timeline of 11,600 B.C., causing a rare form of vitamin B12 anemia known as Imerslund-Gräsbeck Syndrome (IGS) – the second-oldest disease-causing mutant gene known to mankind. What causes Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (IGS)? According to researchers, mutations in either the amnionless (AMN) […]

Pernicious Anemia: Your 13 Most Frequently Asked Questions, Answered!

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    What is pernicious anemia, and how is it different from vitamin B12 deficiency or megaloblastic anemia? That is one of many questions that people have about pernicious anemia- questions that are answered here. 1. What’s the difference between pernicious anemia and megaloblastic anemia? Pernicious anemia, a form of megaloblastic anemia, is a disease […]