Tag Archives: Symptoms of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    Would you know if you had vitamin B12 deficiency? Sometimes, vitamin B12 malabsorption results from a vegan diet, or as part of the aging process.  Often, vitamin B12 deficiency occurs with autoimmune and gastrointestinal disorders like pernicious anemia, Crohn’s disease, and fibromyalgia, making vitamin B12 deficiency one of the most widespread nutritional problems […]

    Vitamin B12 deficiency is diagnosed with a simple blood test.  Determining the cause of B12 deficiency is another matter.  One test used to find out why your vitamin B12 levels are low is an upper endoscopy, or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Here’s what you should expect when visiting your gastroenterologist for this simple procedure. What’s […]

    Find your inner Spoonie…What’s the theory behind the “Spoon Theory,” and how can it help you manage pernicious anemia? Disclaimer: The B12 Patch is in no way affiliated with Christina Miserandino or her blog “But You Don’t Look Sick.” “Spoonies are people that live with chronic illness; theoretically measuring personal daily abilities much […]

    We know that vitamin B12 deficiency wipes out red blood cells, but less is known about its impact on blood platelets. Many scientists attribute ITP to autoimmune disorders such as pernicious anemia. What is ITP? Thrombocytopenia is a blood platelet (thrombocytes) deficiency. When you get a cut on your finger, thrombocytes are the […]

    So, do you think you know all the symptoms of B12 deficiency?  Well, one overlooked sign is eye problems like double vision, blurry vision, and nystagmus.  Here are some common vision problems that accompany B12 deficiency. Myelin and optic neuritis Myelin is a fatty substance that sheathes and protects your nerve cells, including […]

    Vitamin B12 deficiency is often undetected, despite that fact that it’s one of the leading, fastest growing vitamin deficiencies affecting adults across all age groups.  So, why is vitamin B12 deficiency, including pernicious anemia, so often misdiagnosed or completely ignored? Undetected Vitamin B12 deficiency An estimated 40% of people between the ages of […]

    Managing fibromyalgia symptoms means treating yourself to lots of TLC, and that includes getting mega doses of vitamin B12 supplements.  Fibromyalgia has a high correlation with vitamin B12 deficiency, due to gastric atrophy caused by fibromyalgia symptoms.  Unfortunately, unless your doctor screens for low vitamin B12 (cobalamin) levels, you could have B12 deficiency […]

    Vitamin B12 deficiency damages the nervous system, causing chronic pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and feet.  Did you know that many psychological problems like depression and anxiety also point to pernicious anemia from vitamin B12 deficiency?  Understanding the many roles that vitamin B12 (cobalamin) plays in your body, as a whole, […]

    Certain symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency are hard to miss-overwhelming fatigue, painful numbness, brain fog.  But vitamin B12 deficiency causes a wide range of physical and mental disorders, so many that it’s easy to confuse them for other health problems, such as thyroiditis, diabetes, or clinical depression.  To understand the impact that vitamin […]

B12 deficiency makes you feel tired and unfocused, as if your brain is melting.  It’s not your imagination- brain lesions from vitamin B12 deficiency, as seen through MRIs, are visible proof of the neurological damage caused when low vitamin B12 (cobalamin) levels turn into pernicious anemia. Vitamin B12 and the Myelin Sheath One of the […]