Sensitivity to colbalamin?

[Yervaud]

Hi. I was diagnosed with PA this year and have been taking daily or EOD B12. Back in March I got dermatitis on the knuckles of both hands. It went away but has begun again. I can’t find a diet cause and am very careful with the clothes wash I use. The rash doesn’t appear anywhere else.

An online link suggested the skin condition could be caused by sensitivity or allergy to cobalt/cobalamin. Alarming thought as I have to take it.

Do any of you excellent people have any knowledge or experience of this? And how it might be circumvented?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Nackapan]

I got some very dry patches on my legs . Oval. Also sore red lumps around my hairline and face and neck. ( they rarely happen now.

Also very dry inner ears to the point they bled.

Also a peeling dry nose .

Very dry itchy scalp.

So possible??

Just use creams/ oiks you woujd for excema .

[Yervaud in reply to Nackapan]

Thanks Nackapan. Will do.

[Gambit62 Administrator]

In general the dermatitis resulting from B12 injections is due to the way micro-organisms on the skin react to the B12 - secreting a substance that the skin then reacts to, as such a suitable wash might help.

Hope you manage to find something to help.

[Yervaud in reply to Gambit62]

Thanks for that Gambit.

[Yervaud in reply to Gambit62]

hi again Gambit

Do you have any recommendations for “a suitable wash?” I try and avoid chemical washes re hands and clothing.

[Gambit62 Administrator in reply to Yervaud]

My suggestion would be to speak to a pharmacist - explain the situation and they should be able to suggest something that helps, or tell you what to ask your GP for if they can't supply without a prescription

[Yervaud in reply to Gambit62]

Thanks. Very much.