Vitamin B12 deficiency Support Group (Charity)

The B12 Deficiency Support Group (which is now a charity)has brought you this page to support anyone who suffers from any of a wide range of symptoms, including fatigue (or overwhelming tiredness, may be diagnosed as ME, PV CFS - Post Viral Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), pins and needles (including strange feelings in the face, arms, legs, numbness, "socks and gloves"), loss of power (haven't got strength in your arm or leg, can't swallow, difficulty with eyesight), memory and thinking problems (sometimes called "the fogs", could develop into dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease), digestive problems (frequently called Crohn's disease), infertility and/or menorrhagia, and autoimmune disease.

The B12 Deficiency Support Group (B12d, for short) is a charity. Our aims are to:

• Raise awareness of this condition amongst doctors and the general public, so that people can be diagnosed appropriately
• Explain the signs and symptoms that a doctor or person who is diagnosing themselves should look out for, and how to make sure that you reach the right diagnosis and don't confuse B12 deficiency with something else
• Ensure treatment is tailored to the needs of the patient, and where possible, make treatment available free at the point of need

We rely entirely on donations. Although B12 supplements are funded on NHS, they are only funded for a very narrow group of conditions. We show here and in our audits that a much wider range of conditions can beneficially be treated with Vitamin B12 replacement therapy, and we will support this.

We work closely with the Pernicious Anaemia Society

you can find out a lot more about B12 deficiency, what symptoms to look out for and how you can get treatment, by following the links on the left hand side. They open out into 'Books' ‐ please go ahead and click on them!

Would also like to announce the Pernicious Anaemia Society Spring Conference