Good information on Pernicious Anaemia and B12 deficiency .

[wedgewood]

I found a good article at —

patient.info/doctor/pernici...

This site is supported by the NHS . So you can always quote information you find on there to your G.P.

[Foggyme Administrator]

Hi Wedgewood.

The link in your post was broken, so I've fixed it (just in case you're wondering why I edited your post) 😉.

Thanks for posting...will read later today 👍

[wedgewood in reply to Foggyme]

Thanks very much Foggyme

[Katherine123]

Thank you for this wedgewood I am just printed it out to give to my doctor. I am one of those percentages that show high B12 n blood but I am not absorbing it at all, possibly due to my history of gastritis. A family history in fact of gastritis and P.A. xX

[fbirder in reply to Katherine123]

If you have high B12 in the blood then you must be absorbing it.

Do you mean that you have high levels in the blood but it doesn’t enter the cells?

[Katherine123 in reply to fbirder]

My blood levels show high, but I have enlarged blood cells, low oxygen etc, bad nerve damage, balance problems, ataxia. Now I am self injecting every other day recommended from B12 doctor I am slowly, very slowly starting to heal I think! My thyroid and adrenals are down too. I was undermedicated for thyroid for 18 years...

[Annnon58 in reply to Katherine123]

Hi Katherine 123 , do you take b12 oral supplements or multi vitamins as they can give a false high level in blood but not in cell level

[Katherine123 in reply to Annnon58]

I am self injecting daily Annnon58 as per B12 doctor's instructions. I do take multi b vit too which has folate in it. Mine use to show high in blood even when I did not take any supplements or injections :0(

[clivealive Forum Support]

I am a contributor on the Patient Forum (as "clivealive" and find the website most useful.

[wedgewood in reply to clivealive]

I’ve only just discovered it . Yes it’s excellent . Well they have a great contributor with you .

[clivealive Forum Support in reply to wedgewood]

Somehow or other I've achieved the status of a six star "guru" but we need more knowledgeable contributors such as there are on here.

[Foggyme Administrator in reply to clivealive]

Oh clivealive ....I'm just having a good chuckle at the term 'six star guru'...but in the nicest possible way because it's well deserved.

Go, go guru... 😀

[clivealive Forum Support in reply to Foggyme]

It was a bit like "Topsy" it just "guru'd"

[Foggyme Administrator in reply to clivealive]

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[wedgewood in reply to clivealive]

Quite right!

[pvanderaa]

Excellent summary.

[Happysmile]

Super, thanks for posting

[LtAngua52]

Interesting article, thank you Wedgewood.

I thought having IBS, and hypothyroidism, especially the auto immune condition Hashimoto's was another cause of low B12? I was hoping to see those listed too!