Symptoms associated with B12 deficiency

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Submitted by HugoMinney on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 18:43

What do all of these diseases have in common?B12 deficiency (or a lack of Vitamin B12 where it is needed) causes a number of common, and some less common, diseases. This page lists some of the most common ones.  Restoring the B12 through B12 supplementation can restore health and give you your life back.

Vitamin B12 deficiency and direct or indirect causation of disease

Deficiency of vitamin B12 is a multi-system, polyglandular, multipoint poisonous syndrome.  B12 is required for proper function of most of the body’s systems, so deficiency leads to disease in these systems.

This appendix lists some of the common conditions that can be treated successfully by using Vitamin B12 replacement therapy, and a causative mechanism can be described.

Haematological

Unexplained recurrent anaemia

Myelodysplasia 

Pancytopaenia / bruising

Psychiatric

Depression

Memory loss / confusion

Anxiety

Psychosis

Angry / moody / snappy

Gastro-intestinal

Recurrent gastritis

Mouth ulcers, bleeding gums

Pernicious anaemia

IBS / diverticulosis

Unexplained diarrhoea

Crohn’s Colitis

Cardio-Vascular / Respiratory Systems

Cardiac failure – arthrosclerosis, stroke

Temporal arteritis

Vasculitis

Exacerbation of angina – palpitations, breathlessness

Asthma exacerbation

ENT (Ear, nose & throat)

Tinnitus / vertigo

Glossopharyngeal neuropathy (swallowing difficulties)

Persistent cough
Dizziness / falls

Endocrine / Immune systems

Post Viral Immune Deficiency Fatigue Syndrome (ME)

Poor wound healing/ susceptibility to infection

Auto-immune conditions such as vitiligo, myositis, diabetes coexisting with myoderma

Neurological

Dementia

Alzheimers’

Optic Atrophy / blindness

Doublevision, Ptosis

Loss of sensation in limbs, trunk, face, genitalia

Pseudo seizures, non-epileptic seizures

Blackouts and faints

SubAcute Combined Degeneration (SACD)

Single limb paralysis

Multiple-sclerosis like B12 deficiency syndrome

Neuropathic pain / myopathy

Cramps / crampy pain

Babies with neuromuscular damage may be born to mothers who are B12 deficient during pregnancy

Tension / migraine headaches

Parkinson’s like presentation

Motorneurone like presentation with limb muscle atrophy

Bell’s palsy

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Bone

Osteoporosis, suppressed activity of osteoblasts

Inflammatory polyarthritis

Dermatology

Alopecia

Dry scaly skin/ dermatitis

Brittle nails

Genito-Urinary

Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding

Repeated miscarriages

Polycystic ovarian disease

Dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia

Recurrent UTI

Loss of libido

Double-incontinence

If treatment is delayed, this may cause irreversible damage, or fatality.  Always exclude vitamin B12 deficiency before making a final diagnosis and deciding treatment options.

If vitamin B12 deficiency co-exists with other causes, B12 therapy compliments other treatments rather than interferes

THIS PAGE IS APPENDIX C of the B12 Deficiency Treatment Protocol.  If you wish to print it, please print the PDF file

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