As a long time PA bid, I have quite a lot of knowledge about the disease and I have been convinced for sometime that my older daughter has PA. She has many symptoms.
As she has been feeling unwell for a long time I suggested she ask her GP to do an IFA screen. The GP's response was that she had already done a B12 test, which was in "normal" levels and IFA was included IN this test.
My question is. I was not aware of test for B12 that included an IFA screen - is my daughter being fobbed off, as I thought it was a separate test - off or does such a test exist?
I would demand they run the Intrinsic factor blood test, to see if she is properly obsorbing B-12. If they wont pay for it, offer to pay for it yourself.
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