Life Saver

For years I have struggled with ill health and very little help from drs in general. I have even ended up in A&E 3 times and been sent home non the wiser. I was desperate to get my life back so started to look around. Its only the last year I came across the B12 society and started to read symptoms of B12 deficiency and realised this could be my issue. A year later of doing self injections (something I never dreamed I could do ) and with the support of the B12 society B12Wakeup Facebook group I am beginning to see a very different me. It is truly a miracle in my eyes. I'm getting out and about and the fatigue has gone, the difference is amazing. I truly believe the b12 society gave me my life back and I will always be truly grateful to them and God for leading me to them.

I would encourage everyone to watch the Sally Pacholok film on youtube. Its eye opening and shows how so many illnesses eg dementia, MS , ME etc can be misdiagnosed B12 deficiency.

Link here www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMxJ6GRBNQ&t=15s.

This is the link to the B12 society www.theb12society.com/

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Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM

What could be the common link between the following clinical situations (all are real cases from my clinical practice):

1. 25-year old airhostess with rapid decline in memory and higher cognitive functions of 6 months duration (suggestive of #dementia),

2. 35-year old man with two weeks history of tremors, slowness of movements and rigidity (mimicking #Parkinsons disease),

3. 22-year old man with repeated #seizures (fits), which was difficult to control with anti-epileptic drugs,

4. 18-year old with features of #anxiety, #depression and #panic attacks of one year duration (had only partial relief with anti-depressants),

5. 30-year old lady with frank #psychosis (hallucinations, delusions) of six months duration,

6. 18-year old girl with 6-month history of tinnitus and #hearing impairment, which was getting worse over time,

7. Blurring of #vision and poor vision in a 22-year old man,

8. Burning, tingling and numbness of hands and feet for one year in a 28-year old man,

9. Hyperpigmentation (darker discoloration) of skin over hands and feet,

10. Generalized weakness, fatigue and breathlessness on exertion in a 25-year old woman (hemoglobin of 8 gm%)

Many of you would have correctly guessed it by now: All these clinical symptoms were caused by vitamin B12 deficiency.

You would be happy to note that they all improved with treatment.

The key to a good outcome in vitamin B12-deficiency related diseases is early diagnosis and prompt initiation of treatment.

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