Symptoms of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

The Human Body requires a little amount of Vitamin B12 or “cobalamin” and a sufficient amount is supplied to us through normal diet. Although a deficiency of these vitamin levels appear through some symptoms that should not be ignored, these deficiencies can enlarge to result in severs consequences and can be as dangerous as causing Cancer. These symptoms can be recognized although it is rare to occur. One of the causes of the deficiency can be the available dietary supplements when not consumed at required level. Breast-feeding from “vegan” mothers to infants can be risky in such circumstances.

The symptom that mainly occurs due to B12 deficiency is ‘Anemia’ that reduces the energy level of the patient to large extent. The patient starts feeling tired, lethargic, and weak. Loss of appetite, loss of weight, constipation and feeling of nauseous are common symptoms. This vitamin is rarely found in vegetables, and this is the reason vegetarians are more vulnerable to this deficiency. Few other symptoms are like :- Loss of Memory, dizziness, Lack of balance, Headaches, Inflated tongue, breathing difficulties, insomnia, tingling of hands, Depressions, Liver enlargement etc.

If the patient has a healthy liver, most of the symptoms rarely show up. But if the livers are weak, they get enlarged due to increased overload of refinement. Some other symptoms that rarely happen are Eye problems, Hallucinations, Palpations, Neurological damage, Tinitus or ringing in the ears. The deficiency of B12 vitamin affects almost every cell in the body. They tend to divide the cells in a rapid fashion in the gastro-intestinal tract and the blood-forming tissues. This causes neurological disorders, and patients feel numb, hands and feet start tingling and gives an irritating sensation.

According to study and experiments, doctors have indicated ‘Anemia’ as the first sign of such a deficiency, leading to severe gastric atrophy which stops the gastric cells from secreting intrinsic factor. Symptoms of “severe deficiency” of the vitamins may result in burning of tongue, diarrhea, abdominal pain, menstrual disorder, psychological symptom disorder and myelopathy. Some symptoms that occur due to exposure to nitrous oxide anesthesia are sensory neuropathy and encephalopathy. It is advisable to vegetarians to consume some supplement containing B12, as they have less supply of these vitamins when compared to Non-vegetarians. The Human Body required a small amount of vitamin B 12, and we should realize that the working of these vitamins depends on its adequate supply so that body gets balance in all metabolism activities, and we avoid these symptoms of deficiency.