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B12 not taken seriously in the UK by conventional medicine
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I love the discussion that this news item starts. I love the argument from the GP in this movie. She says that a B12 deficiency can present in so many ways that it’s hard to diagnose.
Which makes me believe that measuring B12 should actually be made easier.
Since B12 deficiency is also related to lifestyle factors (diet, laughing gas, age, etc…) I think we should be measuring it more in everyone, not only the groups where we expect B12 deficiency. If we only measure it in these groups, statistics about who is at risk for B12 deficiency get skewed. The group of symptomatic people in which we aren’t measuring B12 might hide some B12 deficiency we aren’t seeing.
Although the title is rather negative, I’m glad it gets some attention!
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Hi Daniel, do you mean the title “B12 not taken seriously in the UK by conventional medicine.” I wrote this. I am going by own experience with my GP. I have been diagnosed with pernaecious anaemia and a consultant I met since gastric pariteal antibody is positive and I have focal atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia, treatment is ongoing B12 injections alternate days, monitoring ferratin, folic acid and vitamin D.
My GP is against me having alternate days injection and asked me to see the gastroenterologist first. I am meeting him in 11th March and sent both the GP and gastroenterologist th clinic letter from the consultant to discuss further.
Also, there is lifecode genetics test related methylation which I will do as well. I have received the kit. Will keep you posted.
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