Jerrry>Re: Perniciuos Anemia Anyone?

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Thanks for the caution Jerry, but, as I said earlier, I don't have

any Vitamin B deficiency. So, I can at least say there is one thing

I don't have - Pernicious Anemia. Doesn't hurt to remind others

though - because that form of anemia " can cause permanent brain

damage " according to my A & P book. In that case, a supplement (B12

injections) is not only advised, but essential.

Catcha later.

> and Beth,

>

> At the risk of over emphasizing a point made on several other

ocassions

> on this list, a particularly relevant issue regarding anemia is

> pernicious anemia or vitamin b12 deficiency. If you look PA up, you

> will find that it can (untreated) lead to significant neurological

> symptoms, including some that closely resemble the ataxias. I'm

sure

> though that a competent physician will be aware of this and treat

the

> condition accordingly IF the anemia referred to in your reports is

PA,

> but thought it worth mentioning anyway.

>

> Several members of my family have had PA, including my grandmother

and

> my mother. My mother takes monthly B12 injections to treat her PA

and

> has no symptoms and was lucky to have started treatment early

enough to

> avoid permanent neurological damage from the PA. During the early

tests

> given in an attempt to diagnose my brother's neurological symptoms

it

> was discovered that he is also b12 deficient although he has not

been

> clinically diagnosed as having PA. He does take monthly b12

injections

> for the deficiency and that does not resolve any of his MSA

symptoms.

>

> Regards,

>

> Jerry Cash

>

> Anemia Anyone?

> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 05:13:27 -0000

>

> I kinda made reference to this in another posting, but figured I'd

> get a better response if I posted it seperately.

>

> Was reviewing my Mayo test results last night, when I noted 3

> separate indicators of anemia. This is probably why the neuro at

> Mayo said I had " Anemia of Chronic Disease - but we don't know what

> the chronic disease is. "

>

> Although he told me this in the presence of others, and the test

> results show this (again, I'm no doc - but I do have some rather

> detailed medical training) there is nothing in his report about it.

>

> Anyway, curious about others. Anyone else have problems with

> Anemia? Oddly enough, I have no defficiencies in B vitamins or the

> like - all much more complex than that - of course :-)

>

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