Discuss your symptoms with your provider to ensure they understand how vitamin B12 affects you
Do You Need a Vitamin B12 Injection
coeliac) Infections & surgical interventions Pregnancy & neonates Pharmaceutical interactions Nitrous oxide abuse Age greater than 65 years Signs and symptoms of B12 deficiency Anaemia (weakness, tiredness, dyspnoea on exertion) Gastrointestinal (loss of appetite, sore tongue and mouth, epigastric discomfort, nausea, vomiting, heartburn) Neurological (numbness, pins and needles, impaired fine finger movements) Developmental delay in infants Positive Rombergs sign Impaired vibration or position sense, impaired vision Orthostatic dizziness Loss of taste or smell Psychological & psychiatric disturbance When to test for B12 deficiency If a patient has at least 1 risk factor and 1 or more signs, then B12 assessment is warranted
Yocum AD, Patel M, Palocko B, Simon EL The Journal of emergency medicine 2023
Vitamin B12, often called cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin
Injections help support nerve repair and long-term neurological health. 6
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