What is it?
Conditions and disease causing deficiency
Treatment
Medication
- Antibiotics: Trimethoprim
- Antacids: H2 blockers
- Stomach ulcer healing medication and heartburn :Proton-pump inhibitors
- Cholesterol Lowering Drugs:
Cholestyramine (Questran, Questran Light)
Colestipol (Colestid)
Colesevelam (Cholestagel)
- Epilepsy and Pain Relief:
- Phenobarbitone
- Primidone (Mysoline)
- Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
- Phenytoin (Epanutin)
- Non-Steroid anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS)
- Used in Chron’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Sulphasalazine
- Diuretics: Triameterene
- Hormonal Oestrogen containing medication:
- Contraceptive tablets
- HRT
- Oestrogen supplements
- Cancer, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Immunosuppressant: Methotrexate
- Anti-Parasite (anti-malarial): Pyrimethamine, Daraprim
- Diabetes, Polycystic Ovaries: Metformin (Glucophage, Bolamyn MR,Competact,Eucreas)
Signs and symptoms of deficiency
- Balance and dizziness problems
- Headache which is on and off or a constant headache longer than 24 hours
- General discomfort (muscle weakness), uneasiness or ill feeling (malaise) and/or fatigue (tiredness)
- Low mood and depressed
- Confusion
- Sensitivity to every day noise and/or ringing noise within and/or difficulty hearing
- Short of breath or breathing difficulties
- Lack of energy
- Inflamed, hot, red, swollen and burning tongue
- Diarrhoea
- Cold hand and feet which can be numb and painful
Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:
Do not wait phone for an ambulance if have or develop:
Further tests are required for :
Megaloblastic anemia
- Condition in which the bone marrow produces unusually large, structurally abnormal, immature red blood cells (megaloblasts) and this cause a lack of folic acid and/or vitamin b12 ,hence further tests are required to differentiate from other forms of anaemia especially pernicious anaemia which is a lack of vitamin b12.
- These blood cells are very slow moving have low amount of haemoglobin and not as many of the red blood cells are produced resulting in anaemia.
- If untreated in infants it can lead to: Hereditary orotic aciduria.
Anemia can also be caused by:
Tests
If have any of these conditions one should have a test for celiac disease.
Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice
Detailed Information
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