Health Matters

There's an excellent and quite thorough book called "Could It Be B12?" by Sally Pacholok that came out last year that talks all about B12 deficiency, and how to tackle this subject with your doctor. Tragically, many doctors are reluctant to consider B12 deficiency as a possibility when diagnosing their patients.

B12 deficiency can be tough to diagnose because it symptoms are often similar to those of other, more familiar ailments. It's just not tested for enough, and so many people go undiagnosed and continue to suffer.

There's an excellent and quite thorough book called "Could It Be B12?" by Sally Pacholok that came out last year that talks all about B12 deficiency, and how to tackle this subject with your doctor. Tragically, many doctors are reluctant to consider B12 deficiency as a possibility when diagnosing their patients.

B12 deficiency can be tough to diagnose because it symptoms are often similar to those of other, more familiar ailments. It's just not tested for enough, and so many people go undiagnosed and continue to suffer.

Wow - that's the first time I have seen mercury mentioned in relation to B12 deficiency and homocysteine level. Are you saying that mercury may reduce a homocysteine level which has been elevated due to folate or B12 deficiency and possibly cause a false normal result, as in the case of iron doing similar to the MCV? If so, this would answer questions in my own case now that I know I have mercury toxicity but never had a deficient B12 level of high homocysteine.