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Source of Vitamin B12, Image Credit: marina_ua / Shutterstock Causes Vitamin B12 deficiency may arise due to: Nutritional deficiency especially in elderly individuals on restricted diets, and alcoholics Malabsorption syndromes such as pernicious anemia Gastrointestinal disorders leading to malabsorption such as atrophic gastritis or H2-receptor blocker use for prolonged periods Others such as Whipples disease or Crohns disease, intestinal surgery or strictures with resulting bacterial overgrowth that competitively take up vitamin B12 in the ileum Clinical features Hematologic Classically, vitamin B12 deficiency has been associated with megaloblastic macrocytic anemia
INTRODUCTION Vitamin B12 is essential for DNA synthesis, red blood cell formation, and neurologic function[] and is also involved in the metabolism of fat and carbohydrate.[] The clinical manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency are the effects of depletion on multiple systems, and their severity varies greatly
The actual impact depends on whether the mutation is homozygous or heterozygous, and on other genetic and environmental factors
Subcutaneous: B12 Injection Procedure Administering a subcutaneous B12 injection follows a similar process to intramuscular injections but involves injecting the B12 solution into the fatty layer of tissue just beneath the skin
