Understanding vitamin B-12 deficiency anemia
Pernicious Anemia is one of many different types of anemia. Having anemia means that your body does not have enough red blood cells that are healthy. Because of this the blood can not distribute oxygen properly to the cells in your body.
Methylmalonic acid is another important component in diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency anemia. Just because you have a blood test where your vitamin B12 levels are low, doesn’t necessarily mean that you have B12 anemia. Your doctor will determine the amount of methylmalonic acid in your blood by ordering (yet another – get used to it) [...]
There are many different symptoms to vitamin B-12 deficiency and frankly not enough information about them. The symptoms usually start mild as the deficiency is mild, you usually don’t even notice symptoms in the beginning. As you become more deficient your symptoms will multiply and intensify.