vitamin b12 deficiency symptoms

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Q: anyone know symptoms of vitamin b12 deficiency?
i’ve been really tired lately and losing weight, i weigh around 99lbs. i used to weigh 125lbs. i get really shakey and need to carry food with me. i get out of breath.and my hair is getting so dry and thin. i’ve said something to my doctor about the weight and he said you look fine, but i don’t think it’s normal to lose weight for no reason and i just don’t feel well and i look awful too. i know taking medicine for reflux can cause vitamin b12 deficiency and i take nexium for years.

A: Sudden unexplained weight loss should always be investigated to find out the cause, especially if you also feel tired and shaky. Your doctor will want to check you for diabetes, overactive thyroid gland, hidden infections, and other causes of weight loss. He or she will probably arrange blood tests and a chest x-ray. Don’t put off going – the sooner the cause is found, the sooner you can be treated and on the way to recovery.

Sometimes weight loss can be a sign of a depressive illness, and your doctor will want to know how you are feeling emotionally. In the meantime, try to eat a healthy diet. It can help to keep a food diary for a few days to see exactly what you are eating. Healthy between-meal-snacks such as fruit, muesli, smoked salmon sandwiches, and cheese can help you put on weight. High-carb foods such as rice, pasta and bread are also a good idea. good luck

Q: Vitamin B12 Deficiency Symptoms?
I have been feeling run down, etc and have just had a whole heap of blood results come back. It appears my B12 test results are very very low so my doctor is referring me to a specialist.

I don’t have anaemia although had another blood test today to rule out Pernicious Anaemia. I have haemachromatosis so my iron levels are okay or generally slightly higher than normal.

Can anyone else let me know what other symptoms are associated with b12 deficiency?

I initially went to the doctor because I have been tired (basically exhausted) for months, no amount of sleep helps! I also have loose bowel movements, which are more regular than used to be (although I did have my gallbladder removed around 10 months ago which may have caused this), I am also irritable and moody!

I am not a vegetarian and eat red meat, fish and eggs so my doc has told me its not a diet thing

Any help would be appreciated!

A: I had almost the same symptoms. I got shots every few weeks and now i’m up to once a month. I feel great and my symptoms have virtually gone away. Sometimes the pills help, but all they did to me was give me headaches. It’s amazing how much better I feel now. My doctor’s great.. anytime I feel like I need it, I can go in and get another boost.

Q: symptoms of vitamin b12 deficiency severe?
I have been having injections for 20 yrs have relocated and now been told I dont have it anymore. Originally was told I would have injections for life ? Whats happening?

A: If your not comfortable, get another blood test and a second medical opinion from a different physician.

Q: Nuerological symptoms: migraines? vitamin B12 deficiency?
I post this question because it’s approximately 5 years I am experiencing headaches of varying frequency and intensity on only one side of the head. Often I have small transient spots in my eyes also, similar to those you get after looking at a lamp or at the sun. In 2005 I got really worried because I began experiencing also pins and needles in my (usually left) arm, nausea, problems with attention and depression, red spots on the left side of my face. My left foot’s big finger also feels strange, especially if rubbed on a surface. So I got an MRI of my head which showed only a mild sinusitis. After that I had periodically some events of this kind, but the situation seemed stable, so I stopped worrying (I somewhat got used to it). I have some 3 to 4 strong headaches a year. My mother has almost the same symptoms. My father doesn’t. I am 26, male.
I got a pericarditis on 2002 and another one a month ago. Both of likely viral origin. After the second pericarditis I got blood samples taken, which showed some mild anemy, which my doctor suggested to be due to vitamin B12 deficiency. My left foot big finger still has altered perception. I have no relatives with diabetes or known metabolic problems.

A: Adriano – Migraines usually begin in childhood, adolescence or early adulthood. A typical migraine attack produces some or all of these signs and symptoms:
Moderate to severe pain, which may be confined to one side of the head or may affect both sides
Head pain with a pulsating or throbbing quality
Pain that worsens with physical activity
Pain that interferes with your regular activities
Nausea with or without vomiting
Sensitivity to light and sound
When untreated, a migraine typically lasts from four to 72 hours, but the frequency with which headaches occur varies from person to person. You may have migraines several times a month or much less frequently.
Not all migraines are the same. Most people experience migraines without auras, which were previously called common migraines. Some people have migraines with auras, which were previously called classic migraines. Auras can include changes to your vision, such as seeing flashes of light, and feeling pins and needles in an arm or leg.
Whether or not you have auras, you may have one or more sensations of premonition (prodrome) several hours or a day or so before your headache actually strikes, including:
Feelings of elation or intense energy
Cravings for sweets
Thirst
Drowsiness
Irritability or depression
When to see a doctor
Migraines are often undiagnosed and untreated. If you experience signs and symptoms of migraine, keep a record of your attacks and how you treated them. Then make an appointment with your doctor to discuss your headaches and decide on a treatment plan.

If your vitamin B12 deficiency is mild, you may not have symptoms or you may not notice them. Some people may think they are just the result of growing older. As the anemia gets worse, you may:
Feel weak, tired, and lightheaded.
Have pale skin.
Have a sore, red tongue or bleeding gums.
Feel sick to your stomach and lose weight.
Have diarrhea or constipation.
If the level of vitamin B12 stays low for a long time, it can damage your nerve cells. If this happens, you may have:
Numbness or tingling in your fingers and toes.
A poor sense of balance.
Depression.
Dementia, a loss of mental abilities.

In summary, Adriano, it’s time to find a good internal medicine specialist (MD) or neurologist, and work with him tom obtain a specific diagnosis. Good luck.

Q: do any of you have a vitamin b12 deficiency and if so what were your symptoms?

A: Symptoms do not often manifest until a few years of deficiency.

Q: what to do about Vitamin B12 deficiency?
ok i am pretty sure that im running low on vitamin b12….i have all the symptoms and im pretty freaked out…what is the best way to fix this….im very scared about it…..what kind of foods can i eat and what vitamins can i take…and how long it will take to fix….im 12 years old…a girl…please help if you know anything!

A: I am Vitamin B-12 deficient, I go every week for a shot of B-12 because I have an eating disorder and can’t eat the foods I need to get the vitamins I need. I think if I were you I would buy Vitamin B-12 supplements OTC and take one (or the recommended dosage) everyday. I liked B Complex better than B-12 because B Complex has all the B’s in it you need. Find a list of foods that are high in B-12 and eat them. You can’t get too many B’s so don’t worry but never take more than the recommended dosage.

Q: Could this be a symptom or a b12 or vitamin deficiency?
Could seeing like random spots that look like light and fade be a symptom of a deficiency or dehydration? They are usually very light blue, almost white and appear before the eyes and fade. Also small dark spots that fly and sometimes zigzag usually in the peripheral vision but sometimes before the eyes. And seeing something black in the peripheral vision but when you look to the side it looks like you just missed it. It started when the deficiency first started with muscle aches and the black things in the peripheral vision but that no longer happens. Now its just the lights and dark spots. What could it be?

A: the “dark spots” are just floaters, everyone has them.
the spots of light are just reflected impressions on the retina and also are normal. If the light didn’t fade, you would have something to be concerned about, but as you say they fade away, then yeah, they are normal.

Q: Vitamin B12 deficiency?
I think I may have a Vitamin B12 deficiency, but I’m not sure.

Lately, I cannot focus or concentrate on anything. I’m a vegetarian, but lately I’ve been avoiding dairy because I’ve been a little “backed up”. I’m also trying to lose weight, too, so I’ve been eating less than what I’m used to. I haven’t gotten my period in two months (no chance I could be pregnant). I’ve been moody and irritable, and lately I’ve been feeling nauseous, as well.

Are these possible symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficieny?

A: I was Vitamin B12 deficient at one time due to the medicine that I take and the deficiency leaves a person with little energy due to the fact that Vitamin B12 deficiency is a form of anemia. Set an appoint up with your doctor. If you are Vitamin B12 defficient, the results of the blood work will indicate this. Your red blood count will be the lower than normal.

Q: can anyone explain about B12 vitamin deficiency?
my doctor just called to tell me that i have the above problem. .My vitamin B12 is extremely low. they said i will have to take folic acid for 7 days & then get a shot once a week & then once every 2 weeks, Then it will be once month..does anyone know what causes it ? they told me it would make you feel very tired. i do feel that way, but i never contributed to a vitamin deficiency.does it cause any other type of symptoms? thank you doris p.

A: I am 45 and was diagnosed with Pernicious Anemia about 13 years ago. It is a B12 deficiency that requires I take monthly shots of B12. If that is what you have, then it is actually a disorder of the stomach. Your stomach doesn’t have the enzyme that absorbs B12 from what you ingest. My understanding is that taking vitamins or anything oral will not work because your stomach won’t absorb the B12. That is why shots are required. I have always been told it is an older person’s disease, but I was only 32 when I was diagnosed. When I was diagnosed I was tired and also got very winded walking across the room. It felt like I had the just gotten over the flu or something. I have also noticed (not that this makes any sense at all) that when I wait too long to take my shot I tend to get a twitchy eye. I am almost positive that is not listed as a symptom, but it is a personal symptom and I pay attention to it. Hope this helps.

Q: Pernicious Anemia,vitamin B12 deficiency,after starting injections how long does it take to be cured?
i was diagnosed with B12 deficiency anemia and up tp now i have taken 7 shots and some symtoms are a little better,i want to know how long does it take to have all symptoms (weakness ,tingling ,pain) vanished?,does anybody has gone through this course of treatment?if so please tell me.thank you.

A: You will have to take B12 for the rest of your life. If you have neurologic symptoms due to B12 deficiency, the result of treatment depends on how early treatment was started in large part. Too late, and B12 will not reverse the symptoms. It depends too on whether the main cause of your symptoms is the peripheral nerve or the posterior columns of the spinal cord. A nerve heals about 1mm a day. ( rough estimate) so if you have numbness up 1 inch, figure 25 days for that inch. Most people have ‘way more than that when the problem is discovered.
Make sure you have been carefully checked for other causes of numbness, weakness, pain– CIDP, and the usual suspects- Diabetes ( with a glucose tolerance) heavy metals, collagen diseases,etc. Better to be careful and sure, that to use “Post hoc” reasoning and find out a year or two down the road something else was going on.

Q: Vitamin B12 Deficiency or French Polio?
So, about 3 years ago, my mom began to eat much less than one probably should. I’m talking about less than 1,000 calories on a daily basis. It may have started as depression after the death of her mother in 2002 and then father and brother just months prior to her changing her eating habits, but after losing some weight, she began to eat even less, perhaps in attempt to lose more weight. She was 250 lbs at the time and has since then lost about 75 lbs. She does so by eating as little as she can, no more than approx. 300-400 calories on most days. It’s not as though she counts calories, but comes up with excuses such as why something doesn’t taste any good, having a late lunch being a reason not to have dinner, or eating half of virtually everything she eats, no matter how small.

Anyway, although I have noticed signs of nutritional deficiency for a long time, last month she began to complain about not having the strength to walk and about how her hands and feet were numb. As time progressed, things have only gotten worse. The numbness has spread up her arms and legs, in addition to experiencing tingling and a sharp pain, especially in her feet. She also complained about the loss of feeling in her hands. I have also noticed her muscles almost becoming as jelly. She now cannot so much as lift herself up and it is extremely difficult for her to stand up just for a moment to get in a wheel chair.

She began visiting a chiropractor a few weeks ago. He thought she might have MS, and suggested she visit a neurologist. They did multiple tests, including scans and blood tests. They concluded she was dangerously low in potassium as well as folic acid. She will need to take supplements. However, that doesn’t appear to be causing her problems. I’m almost certain she’s deficient in other nutrients as well. Recently, she was told that she didn’t have MS and suggested that she had French polio. French polio is characterized by the loss of myelin which surrounds nerve cells. This causes the symptoms I covered earlier. However, these symptoms also describe vitamin b12 deficiency. I’m no doctor, but I’m led more to believe she is suffering from protein and b12 deficiency rather than polio or ms, based on how I know she’s already deficient in several if not more essential nutrients.

I am just worried that if they treat her for having polio, that they’ll be ignoring the cause of the problem. What do I do? I may be wrong, but it wouldn’t be the first time a specialist would be wrong either. I had an ENT specialist treat me several years ago. I knew for a fact that I just had temporary damage to my ears after being around loud noise. He tried to convince me I had allergies in my ears. He was so off the mark. My point is, more often than not, they can’t be trusted. Do I trust my instincts? What kind of tests need to be done for b12 deficiency, and wouldn’t they have caught it when they did other blood tests? Do you know anyone who experienced the above symptoms? What was the diagnosis?

A: Hi, To diagnose vitamin B12 deficiency they do what is called a schilling test which is a 24 hour urine test, to determine if the body is absorbing B12, if after this test it shows that the body is deficient in B12, then they usually start with 1000 micrograms 2-4 times a week (this depends on the severity) for six weeks, then once a month injections.Deficiency of B12 can result in anemia and possible damage to the nervous system, and may show symptoms of weight loss, depression, personality and mood changes. A check with her doctor, could confirm that while she was undergoing other tests, she did have a test for B12 deficiency. I wish you and your Mom well.

Q: Would signs of a vitamin blood deficiency show up on a general blood test?
Is there a separate test for discovering vitamin deficiencies or could I figure it out by looking at the results of my blood test?

I have a lot of symptoms that are related to a vitamin b12 deficiency but my doctor said my blood test came back normal (no diabetes, anemia, etc.)

A: Anemia is an iron deficiency not a B12 deficiency. They need to test for the deficiencies to know.

What makes you think you have any deficiency if the blood tests the doctor did came back that your healthy?

Q: Vitamin B12 Deficiency?
can someone please explain this to me. i had blood work yesterday and just got a call from my doctors office they got the results back and they want me to start taking a b12 vitamin . what are the symptoms of this and how low does it need to get to take the pills. and will i always need to take the pills.

A: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vitamin B12 deficiency is a reduction in vitamin B12 from inadequate dietary intake or impaired absorption. The condition is commonly asymptomatic, but can also present as anemia characterized by enlarged blood corpuscles with characteristic changes in neutrophils, known as megaloblastic anemia.

In serious cases deficiency can potentially cause severe and irreversible damage to the nervous system, including subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord.

The anemia is thought to be due to problems in DNA synthesis, specifically in the synthesis of thymine, which is dependent on products of the MTR reaction. Other blood cell types such as white blood cells and platelets are often also low. Bone marrow examination may show megaloblastic hemopoiesis. The anemia responds completely to vitamin B12; the neurological symptoms (if any) respond partly or completely, depending on prior severity and duration

Q: Can dogs have a deficiency of Vitamin B12?
I have Googled this; however I have not found any information which helps. If humans have a deficiency of B12 this can cause all manner of problems, some of them neurological. Often their intestines cannot absorb enough B12; however this is often due to their diet. Elderly people get numerous problems if they have a deficiency of B12. Their bones ache, their muscles become stiff, they loose their appetite and as a consequence loose weight. They also become tired, breathless and object to exercise.
It occurred to me during my researches into people who have a deficiency, that their symptoms were similar to those of a dog who has lost is bounce. Often an obedient dog will fail to respond to a command, even when it is time to go upstairs to bed it seems oblivious when one says “its bedtime”. It can also appear deaf when issued with commands.
At this stage I will admit that I favour a raw diet for dogs. On a raw diet a dog eats raw meat and this will prevent a B12 deficiency. Way back I bought all the equipment including an extra freezer, a food processor and lots of books. I wanted to feed a RAW meaty diet; unfortunately my present dog hated this diet and did not thrive.
If people eat meat they do not have a deficiency of B12. Because of the aforesaid reasons my dog has been fed for most of her life on dried dog food. Could she and your dogs become deficient in B12 because of this and do any of you know how we can compensate or treat a dog IF they have a deficiency? Perhaps dogs do not need vitamin B12, I don’t know, hence my question.
This is a serious question; please don’t just give glib answers to score points. I know that there are knowledgeable and caring people out there and I need your input.
I do give my dog vitamin C together with Glucosamine and Chondroitin, turmeric and devils claw. I feel ashamed that I have never considered a dog’s need for B12. As an experienced dog owner, I am concerned about this. I am also concerned that young and inexperienced dog owner are unaware that our dogs need supplements.

A: Vitamins: Do dogs need vitamins? Yes, particularly if they are under the heavy stresses of hard training, vitamin supplementation is beneficial. As for specific vitamins, there are are several that have been found to beneficial.

Vitamin B12: This vitamin, given correctly, as a supplement, improves a dog’s appetite. Dosage should be kept as low as is effective, perhaps beginning with 1-2 cc/ dog / day; with a maximum dose of 4-5 cc/ day.

Vitamin C: This vitamin in moderate doses may be beneficial in several ways. It helps maintain the immune system and helps dogs fight off infections, especially viral.

Vitamin C is also helpful in maintaining the skin; Moderate doses are approximately 250 mg to 500mg twice daily for the average dog. It is not necessary to give mega-doses of this vitamin. Vitamins C and D work together in a dog to make collagen (a substance that strengthens the tendons and ligaments) and all dogs need vitamin C, just not from a dietary source.

Vitamin E This vitamin has proven beneficial in two areas, one in helping to maintain good footpads and as a mild anti-inflammatory. Normal dosage should be about 400IU / dog twice daily. Nutritional supplements and vitamins for pets like dogs and cats are crucial to pet health. Dog vitamins and nutritional supplements are tailored specifically for canines.

Glucosamine and chondroitin: This supplement has proven value if given in combination. This supplement, derived from shellfish, appears to increase the viscosity and volume of synovium (joint fluid). This, in turn, acts as a protective mechanism for the joint surfaces. The best use of this supplement is as a preventative medicine. The most benefit from this application is to start young dogs (2 years) on the supplement and keep them on it. Aim for a liquid if possible, it makes administration far easier.

The effects of glucosamine on the older canine appears to be the same, but if there are already arthritic changes, then the beneficial “preventative” effects are less; but the supplement is still helpful and recommended. A dose of 500-600mg per dog twice daily is adequate. Glucosamine, Calcium, and Manganese work to help the joints of a dog for deteriorating and strengths overall bone health.

This allows the dog to stay active well into old age. These elements also keep younger dogs healthier and minimize that chance of bone and joint discomfort during strenuous activities. Antioxidants help fend off free radicals that can cause harmful diseases. When a dog is given the correct amount of antioxidants, and supplements in general, their bodies stay healthier longer and they live healthier, happier lives.

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Q: Vitamin B12 Deficiency ?
I’ve been very sick and I found out I have a b12 deficiency. My level of B12 is 75. A normal level is between 200 and 600 and I’m pretty sure it can go even higher than that. Most peoples b12 is in the 500’s. I was wondering if anyone else had the same problem and what, if there is any, long term problems I can develop or any permanent symptoms.

I am taking vitamins every day, and getting a B12 shot every 2 weeks.

Thank you.

A: I found out in June that i have B12 deficiency. I had been extremely tired & had really bad cramps in my legs. I had to have a B12 shot everyday for 5 five days & then 1 a week for 4 weeks & now i have to take 1000 micrograms of B12 a day. After all of shots & now that i’m taking the B12 everyday i feel much better. I haven’t had any long term problems because of the deficiency, all of my symptoms went away after about 2 weeks of starting treatment. Hopefully your deficiency was caught early enough so that you won’t have any long term problems. Good luck!

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