Her B12 level must have been very low for her to get the injections.
Nhs guidelines consider a serume B12 count of 400+ is fine
In Japan, anything below 550 is considered dangerous.
It causes more than dementia and pernicous anaemia - I have neither.
B12 (cobalabin) deficiency symptoms mimic other diseases -MS is one.
CFS, peripheral neuropathy, and hypersomnia were mine.
I spent 2 weeks googling so am well 'genned up'
In this country docs inject hydroxocobalamin. I the USA they use cyanocobalamin.
Both those are artificial and need conversion by the liver to - methylcobalamin (which I take by absorption under my tongue - my damaged gut cant get it from my food.)
If you have 2 days to spare you can find out all about it here
Vitamin B12 deficiency is commonly misdiagnosed. - WrongDiagnosis.com
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