2nd lot of b/tests

[Chance15]

Hi fellow sufferers hope u are as good as can be here goes

2nd lot of blood tests as follows

13/4

Serum folate 2.1ug/L-----3.9-26.8ug/L

Serum vitamin b12---------256ng/L--197-771ng/L

The doctor as started me on folic acid tablet 5mg.

Any comments would be most welcome and thank you for ur time😀

[clivealive Forum Support]

Hi Chance15

I see that your Serum vitamin b12 193........197-771ng/L has gone up to 256ng/L--197-771ng/L

Have you been supplementing that?

How long does the prescription for folic acid 5mg run for?

I'm not medically trained but there are others on here who will be able to give good advice

[Chance15 in reply to clivealive]

Cheers clivealive for ur reply no I don't supplement can't afford to if I ad to lol.doctor as put me on folic acid 5mg tablets,then he will c me in 3 months.

[clivealive Forum Support in reply to Chance15]

Hi again Chance15

We can only naturally obtain Vitamin B12 by eating animal products such as red meat, fish, seafoods, poultry, eggs and dairy produce and (as you say) you haven't supplemented yet your level has gone up I can only surmise that you include these in your daily diet and that you don't have an absorption problem with your digestive system.

This leads me to query why your Folate level at 2.1ug/L-----3.9-26.8ug/L was so low. We get Folate naturally from eating leafy green vegetables, sprouts, broccoli. asparagus, spinach, beans, peas etc. In addition many breakfast cereals are "fortified" with folic acid so "if you don't have an absorption problem with your digestive system" are these items not included in your daily diet?

[Chance15 in reply to clivealive]

Hi there clivealive once again.

I do eat greens Savoy cabbage,sprouts,peas a few times a week (3).I don't eat any cereals jest dairy as in cream cakes if that is of any use to ya.

[clivealive Forum Support in reply to Chance15]

Then why was your Folate so low? Did not the doctor suggest any reason???

Maybe someone on here will be bale to give an answer.

Goodnight

[Chance15 in reply to clivealive]

Sorry don't have the answer to folate been low and doctor gave no reason either,but thanks for ur help.