{"id":17538,"date":"2022-10-30T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T22:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/vitamin-b12-deficiency-symptoms-neurological-problems-may-be-irreversible\/"},"modified":"2022-10-30T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T22:19:42","slug":"vitamin-b12-deficiency-symptoms-neurological-problems-may-be-irreversible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/vitamin-b12-deficiency-symptoms-neurological-problems-may-be-irreversible\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms: Neurological problems may be &#8216;irreversible&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cuerpo-nota\">\n<p>The impact of vitamin B12 on the body is extensive.  The list includes helping to produce red blood cells, maintaining a healthy nervous system, and normal psychological function.  Therefore, low levels of B12 can give the body a hammer blow and some problems can be irreversible.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NHS, a lack of vitamin B12 can cause neurological problems that affect the nervous system.<\/p>\n<h5>Related news<\/h5>\n<p>\u00abIf neurological problems develop, they may be irreversible,\u00bb the NHS warns.<\/p>\n<h2>Neurological problems include:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Eye sight problems<\/li>\n<li>Memory loss<\/li>\n<li>Pins and needles (paresthesia)<\/li>\n<li>Loss of physical coordination (ataxia), which can affect the whole body and cause difficulty speaking or walking<\/li>\n<li>Damage to parts of the nervous system (peripheral neuropathy), particularly in the legs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of the most acute problems are neuropsychiatric.<\/p>\n<p>A case study documenting a male patient with a two-month history of delirium was published in the journal Hindawi.<\/p>\n<p>A 53-year-old male patient, without any known illness, was brought to the emergency room by his wife and daughter due to decreased oral intake for three days.<\/p>\n<p>Decreased oral intake was associated with vomiting.  The patient was in normal health until two months prior to his visit, when he began to develop changes in his behavior.<\/p>\n<p>According to his wife, the patient became more aggressive, had reduced sleep, stopped going to work, and isolated himself.\n<\/p>\n<p>He also had hallucinations and episodes of short-term memory loss.\n<\/p>\n<p>The above symptoms were accompanied by generalized body weakness, mainly in the lower limbs.  Body weakness was associated with pain;  the patient remained in a wheelchair.\n<\/p>\n<p>During the last two months, the patient visited many doctors, but a definitive diagnosis was not determined.\n<\/p>\n<p>Upon further examination, the male patient was found to be deficient in vitamin B12.\n<\/p>\n<p>His initial course of antipsychotic medication was \u00abno improvement.\u00bb\n<\/p>\n<p>However, the patient had a \u00abremarkable\u00bb response to vitamin B12 replacement, and all antipsychotic medications were discontinued, the case study states.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Are you at risk?<\/h2>\n<p>Holland and Barrett explain: \u00abVitamin B12 is only found naturally in animal products such as meat and dairy, so vegans and vegetarians are at risk of low intake.\u00bb\n<\/p>\n<p>The richest sources of B12 are from animal sources, including:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>meat and liver<\/li>\n<li>Fish<\/li>\n<li>clams<\/li>\n<li>milk and milk products<\/li>\n<li>Eggs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Holland and Barrett, older people and others who don&#8217;t produce enough stomach acid to absorb B12 properly may also be at risk of deficiency.\n<\/p>\n<p>Treatment for vitamin B12 deficiency depends on the cause of the condition.  Most people can be easily treated with injections or tablets to replace missing vitamins.\n<\/p>\n<h2>There are two types of vitamin B12 injections:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hydroxocobalamin<\/li>\n<li>cyanocobalamin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00abInitially, you will receive these injections every other day for two weeks or until your symptoms have started to improve,\u00bb explains the NHS.\n<\/p>\n<p>The health body adds: \u00abYour GP or nurse will give you the injections.\u00bb\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impact of vitamin B12 on the body is extensive. The list includes helping to produce red blood cells, maintaining a healthy nervous system, and normal psychological function. Therefore, low levels of B12 can give the body a hammer blow and some problems can be irreversible. According to the NHS, a lack of vitamin B12 can cause neurological problems that affect the nervous system. Related news \u00abIf neurological problems develop, they may be irreversible,\u00bb the NHS warns. Neurological problems include: Eye sight problems Memory loss Pins and needles (paresthesia) Loss of physical coordination (ataxia), which can affect the whole body\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.despertarmagia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}