Signs & symptoms in infants and children (List supplied by Sally M Pacholok R.N & Dr Jeffrey Stuart co authors of 'What's wrong with my child?') • Developmental delay or regression • Apathy - Irritability • Hypotonia (decreased muscle tone) • Weakness •...
It is rare that I am lost for words - however, I expect after reading this, you might be struggling too. The below text is a summary of a patient’s experience just last month. I am paraphrasing but the message is very clear. The quality of life of B12 deficient...
This little fella spent a long lime in hospital as a child following a diagnosis of Perthes disease (Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease). Perthes is a childhood hip disorder caused by a disruption of blood flow to the ball of the hip joint. By the time he was 30 years old he...
Over the weekend I was ambushed by a sickness bug, I was in pain, exhausted and miserable with a screaming headache - however I knew it would pass and that I would be free of feeling like a rag doll in a matter of days. It occurred to me that what I was experiencing...
As usual, I want to say that I acknowledge there are some clinicians who treat B12 patients correctly, this sorry tale below only refers to those who don’t. See below another shocker of a letter sent to a B12 deficient patient whose doctor is perhaps hard of hearing...
Despite the general misconception that B12 deficiency only affects women over 60, this condition does not discriminate. It is those who train our health care professionals and consequently our health care professionals who do. The neuropsychiatric symptoms of B12...
‘Somataform autonomic dysfunction in the form of neurosis’ or longstanding B12 deficiency? Below you will see this patient's medical history is clearly affected by B12 deficiency and yet over 30 years on, still NO ONE will listen and treat her accordingly. You will...
Please note - I do know that some doctors know how to treat B12 deficiency and pernicious anaemia excellently, sometimes there is a lovely surprise when a member of Pat Kornic’s life saving support support group reports how well they are being treated by their doctor....
Please click to download, print, tweet or share this poster Raising awareness - how YOU can help If viewed from the web address above this poster has dynamic links behind each image which lead to further information and journals for each age group....
I do acknowledge that there are some of us with doctors who know exactly how to treat B12 deficiency, but evidence shows that we are not all that lucky. Most of us with this condition suffer neurological symptoms. Our problem is that many doctors don’t recognise our...
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