Vitamin B12 Deficiency Symptoms

Vitamin B12 deficiency can have serious consequences, yet up to 40% of American adults are believed to have below normal levels of vitamin B12.

Deficiency symptoms include weakness, loss of appetite, constipation, numbness or tingling in the arms and legs, difficulty maintaining balance, and shortness of breath.

If left untreated, vitamin B12 deficiency can cause a host of neurological problems including gait abnormalities, neuropathy, neuropsychiatric manifestations, and impaired vision, taste, and smell.

In the long term, this can ultimately lead to permanent nerve and brain damage, brain atrophy, dementia and Alzheimer’s.

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