Vitamin B12 deficiency is commonly misdiagnosed. | Thread profile

I diagnosed myself at the age of 21 with vitamin B12 deficiency. The only sign I had was enlarged red blood cells, no anemia. I am now 43 and have been an ER R.N. for 20 years and have also been researching vitamin B12 deficiency and pernicious anemia for 20 years. I frequently encounter patients who have signs and symptoms or are at high-risk for B12 deficiency, but doctors do not test. The...

my best friend and I both have read your book,she is suffering so badly.It all started in Feb.2006 she woke up with a weird feeling in her head.But it soon progressed to a dizzy feeling.She went to an ent because she thought it was her ear.Tubes later no help,they told her to live with it,they couldn't help.So she went to many nurologists first they said she had m.a.v. migraine associated ...

I just read this string, and find it fascinating b/c I was diagnosed with many things incorrectly and finally MILD B-12 deficiency. I say MILD in caps b/c the symptoms haven't been so mild. My symptoms began 1 1/2 years ago with cramping in my quads. Inexplicable ... caused by mild exertion. After months of physical therapy the symptoms improved, then recurred. Then, tingling began in the ...

Yes, the book will give you an excellent understanding of B12 deficiency and how it affects numerous body systems, how to treat, stories of misdiagnosis, B12 deficiency and mental illness, B12 deficiency and cardiovascular disease causing increased homocysteine (which is worse than elevated cholesterol), how it affects elderly sometimes misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's, dementia, falling (which ...

thanks for the reply! I'll get the book from Amazon today. My neurologist already checked for celiac sprue antibody and I was negative. I have had lots of blood tests, the only abnormality was elevated MMA and MCV (blood cell volume.) I have been getting 1000 Mg every 3 weeks since November. Within 20 minutes of getting them, I'm much better, but the symptoms come back within 24 days and ...

Yes, you had a vitamin B12 deficiency that went on for some time to get neurologic signs and symptoms. Elevated methylmalonic acid (MMA) in the blood or urine means you have vitamin B12 deficiency. Could be you have autoimmune pernicious anemia. You are lucky that you had an elevated mean corpuscluar volume (MCV) or your red blood cells--- because it finally gave one of your doctors to check ...

Based on my neuro exams, the neuro thinks this is reversible, as does my primary. The paresthesia in the feet started last June (2006) and treatment begand in November 2006. I think the quad cramping is related but this is an unusual neurological symptom (if it was a symptom at all.) I am very hopeful it's reversible. Hindsight is 20/20. I'm tall and thin. I am a recovered bulimic. ...

I am looking for any advice or people with similar symptoms. I am 32 years old. I began taking prenatal vitamins about 3 years ago as I was planning to get pregnant. I got pregnant very easily, miscarried, then got pregnant immediately again. At about 20 weeks into my pregnancy, I began to experience L'Hermitte's sign. I didn't know what it was, I just thought it was some pregnancy weirdness. I ...

I am in my thirties and recently diagnosed with B12 deficiency (180 on the B12 blood test). I am self injecting (by prescription) .1ml (100mcg) of Cyanocobalamin daily for the first five days, then once per month. My first question is that starting after the first injection (I've had 3 injections so far), I have been getting shooting pain from the top of my neck up the back of my head (a ...

hi, thank you so much. Your quick response really helped. She had a few more questions for you if you would'nt mind. she has been to three doctors who are not familiar with hydroxocobalamin, she finally convinced one to give it to her, but he said to only give 100mcg a week.It states in the drug insert the same thing, she is afraid to take more. Does the dose differ from the cyanocobalamin? She ...