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What is Vitamin B12 deficiency?

Fri, 12/18/2009 - 23:09 — hugominney

WebIcon for EventsVitamin B12 (also known as cobalamin) is vital to all cells in the human body. On this web site you can explore the condition, the symptoms (and assess yourself or someone you care about), and the impact nationally, as well as finding out more about the B12 Patient Support Group. Please stay and explore. The B12 Patient Support Group presents 28 years of clinical practice by Horden (North East England, UK) Dr Joseph Chandy caring for, and helping, over 700 people who have benefited from Vitamin B12 replacement therapy.

Recent Conferences

28 May 2010: Congress B12 Integral "Cobalamine4All" - in Antropia, Hoofdstraat 8, 3972 LA Driebergen, the Netherlands.  Dr Chandy on "you have given me my life back"

24 Apr 2010: North East England Asian Doctors' learning event in Shinwell, Horden, Co Durham.  Dr Chandy on "Identifying, Diagnosing and the importance of early treatment"

13 Mar 2010: Pernicious Anaemia Annual Conference.  Dr Chandy "An overview"

Most Recent Five Posts

Title Post date Teaser
Poem: B12 deficiency - a silent death Tue, 08/31/2010 - 20:28

I am, I see, I think and I feel why does no one recognise me.
I want to shout out in the darkness
'Why the loneliness, isolation and a desperate helplessness;
Please someone comfort me'.
Are you B12-deficient? Fri, 08/06/2010 - 11:24

The first stage is to check your Signs and Symptoms.  Symptoms of B12 deficiency are generally non-specific, that is, they could be caused by a number of different things.  It's only when you have a number of different symptoms, occurring at the same time, that it makes sense to look for a common cause such as B12 deficiency.
Why is B12 deficiency more common now? Fri, 08/06/2010 - 11:05

I have a theory.  Now I must tell you that I’m not a doctor and have no medical qualifications so I can’t advise you; but I can share my experience.  In the past, Caucasians (white Europeans and colonists) got our B12 from meat.  People living nearer the equator had more vegetables in their diet, so if they weren’t really efficient at “scavenging” B12 – recycling i
Entero-hepatic circulation of B12 – or Why don’t vegetarians get B12 deficiency? Wed, 08/04/2010 - 16:25

When you stop eating B12 in your diet (for example by becoming a vegetarian), you may not notice if it on your B12 level for 10 years or more.
Conversely, when you develop a condition like pernicious anaemia, the effects can be devastating and very fast. We wondered why this was?
Pernicious Anaemia and B12 deficiency Wed, 07/28/2010 - 10:55

 Dr Chandy and I travelled to Bridgend to provide video interviews for the Pernicious Anaemia society. They have assembled some really top-quality people for these interviews, including local GPs and many experts in the field -- we were delighted to be invited.