Interesting MMA and Homocysteine results!

[itsnotl]

My HOMOCYSTEINE 11.4 H and METHYLMALONIC ACID 97 (87-318 nmol/L)

I understand that with high MMA means that I have B12 deficiency but that is not the case reported from the blood test but I do have high Homocysteine, perhaps I have issues with B9? Any opinions?

[fbirder]

There are a lot of possible causes of high homocysteine - kidney disease, smoking, hypothyroidism, oestrogen deficiency, use of various medications, genetic problems - as well as low B12 or folate.

Have you had your folate levels checked? If they were low, try taking a supplement (400 mcg a day should be enough). If they aren't low then you may be one of the small fraction of people who could benefit from taking methylfolate as supplement instead.

What does your doctor say?

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

I don't know much about Homocysteine, but have read that plasma Homocysteine ranges (umol/L) seem to depend on age and gender:

(sorry - only jotted down female range !)

Range for female 30-59 yrs: 4.5 - 7.9 .... >60 yrs: 5.8 - 11.9

Moderately raised: 16 - 30 umol/L ...... Severely raised: >100 umol/L

If this is accurate, your reading does not seem unduly high.

Were you given a unit of measurement or a range ?

Were you told that this was a high reading ?