{"id":1913,"date":"2024-12-04T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suburban-blog.abymtech.com\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2025-03-05T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T06:04:30","slug":"vitamin-b12-deficiency-here-is-all-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/vitamin-b12-deficiency-here-is-all-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Here&#8217;s All You Need To Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1923\" src=\"https:\/\/suburbandiagnostics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/7f1e020f-3566-4297-baa3-bb6857201207-300x180.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1390\" height=\"244\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Vitamin B12 is crucial for the proper functioning of the human body.<\/p>\n<p>While many of us are aware that vitamin B12 deficiency can cause a form of anemia, the effects of vitamin B12 deficiency are far-reaching:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effects of vitamin B12 deficiency:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Damage to the nervous system \u2013 seen initially as numbness and tingling in the hands and feet.<\/li>\n<li>Deficient infants may even show facial tremors and developmental issues.<\/li>\n<li>Higher risk of developing psychosis, mania and dementia<\/li>\n<li>Even mild deficiency can cause anemia, fatigue, confusion, memory problems and depression<\/li>\n<li>Other symptoms include constipation, weight loss and loss of appetite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Are you at risk of vitamin B12 deficiency?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The people at risk include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vegans<\/li>\n<li>Those suffering from pernicious anemia<\/li>\n<li>Those with small intestine problems<\/li>\n<li>Those suffering from Crohn\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<li>Chronic alcoholics<\/li>\n<li>Diabetics being treated with metformin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To understand the vitamin B12 status of the general population, we studied the levels of all those who did a vitamin B12 test as a part of routine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/suburbandiagnostics.com\/services\/health-checkups\">health check-up\u00a0<\/a>at Suburban Diagnostics over the past 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>From almost 1.3 lakh samples we found that:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 in 5 people (overall) were vitamin B12 deficient.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While many consider anemia to be a good indicator of vitamin B12 deficiency, we found that\u00a0<strong>78%<\/strong>\u00a0of those deficient in vitamin B12 had normal hemoglobin levels.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the deficiency was seen more in men than women.<\/p>\n<p>~1 in 4 men were deficient in vitamin B12.<\/p>\n<p>~1 in 7 women were deficient in vitamin B12.<\/p>\n<p>If one considered the age groups at which deficiency was more, then the most vulnerable age group in females were the 20-29 years of age group and in males, it was the 30-39 years of age group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Percentage of people with vitamin B12 deficiency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdadmin.suburbandiagnostics.com\/\/Uploads\/CKEditorImages\/age.PNG\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Desirable levels: &gt;200 pg\/mL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do you stand?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check your vitamin B12 TODAY!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A simple blood test can change your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin B12 is crucial for the proper functioning of the human body. 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