High b12

[Moni54]

My b12 has been around the 1400 mark for the last three years.

Everything else in full blood test is great. Should I be worried and test further?

[Gambit62 Administrator]

Do you supplement at all? If not then it would probably be a good idea to ask your doctor to look into things like liver and kidney function.

Are you symptomatic of B12 deficiency?

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[Moni54 in reply to Gambit62]

Hi

Thanks for the reply

I have never supplemented and I am vegan so if anything should be low !

Full blood test with liver etc is perfect

And funny thing is ai was telling my younger brother about it and he said not to worry he is about 1800

Maybe something heredetry?

Very interesting

[Gambit62 Administrator in reply to Moni54]

there is a huge variation in whether people are healthy with levels of B12 in your blood which means that the normal range (which is a statistical average) isn't something that can really be applied back to individuals.

Glad that you feel more comfortable after talking to your brother.

Sounds like it is definitely nothing to worry about unless you start to feel symptoms of B12 deficiency (for some people high serum levels seem to kick of a reaction that stops B12 being transferred from blood to cells).

B12 is add to a lot of things these days - there is several days worth in a can of red bull for instance - so even being vegan doesn't mean that you aren't getting enough in your diet.

[Moni54 in reply to Gambit62]

Thank you so much

I actually never thought it could be a deficiency so I might check out symptoms for that and bring back some b12 foods

Thanks again for your time 🙂

[bquoss]

I am absolutely not a doctor, but if you are not injecting or taking high doses of supplements, has your doctor suggested any reason for a level of 1400?