by Tracey Witty | May 31, 2019 | Practical help, Signs and symptoms, Treatment
On the 1st of May 2019 I was interviewed by Steven Bruce of the Academy of Physical Medicine for a live 90 minute broadcast including questions from Academy members. Steven described this as “one of the most important and informative live broadcasts we have...
by Tracey Witty | Jul 15, 2018 | Misconceptions
Something happens to people who discover they are B12 deficient, it seems that an internal switch has been flicked and it leaves you with an uncontrollable urge to tell everyone you know and even people you don’t know about B12 deficiency. Sometimes this has a...
by Tracey Witty | Jul 5, 2018 | Education
On Tuesday this week I spoke in scorching North Wales about B12 deficiency to a group of nurses from different disciplines who attended an RCN Event which celebrated 70 years of the NHS. The hope is that they will be able to take the information gained and make a...
by Tracey Witty | May 23, 2018 | Mental health, Serum B12 test, Signs and symptoms, Treatment, Understanding
Jasper You may remember our beloved poster boy Jasper, passed away peacefully on the 23rd of May last year and that he did in fact become B12 deficient toward the end of his life. Remember, for us humans, there is no clinical evidence backing up the 4 injections a...
by Tracey Witty | May 5, 2018 | Guidelines, Misconceptions
Patients with a diagnosis of PA (pernicious anaemia) do not experience a more excruciating pain or a different kind of damage than someone who has a diagnosis of B12 deficiency due to another cause. Both B12 deficiency and PA cause damage to the protective fatty...