What happens when vitamin b12 is deficient?

Did you know that vitamins are essential for our body to function properly? And one such vitamin is the vitamin B12 which plays a significant role in maintaining your overall well-being. If your diet lacks this critical nutrient, then brace yourself for some comical (read: not so funny) consequences. So hold on tight and let’s take a ride through Vitamin B12 deficiency land.

What is Vitamin B12?

Before we get into the details about what happens if you have a lack of yadda-yadda, let’s chat briefly about what it is!

Vitamin B-twelve (as I like to call it) is an important nutrient that helps maintain healthy nerve cells and red blood cell formation – pretty crucial stuff! It also works alongside Folic acid as an aid in producing DNA.

This vital nutrition can be found mainly in animal products like meat, eggs and dairy foods etcetera which means veggies need to make sure they find alternative sources wink wink.

Symptoms Galore!

As we stated earlier (refer above), lack of vitamin(b)-twelve does not bode well with our bodies and poses many symptoms due to the nature of its bodily functions providing much chaos queue dramatic suspenseful music. Here are some classic symptoms:

  • Dizziness or lightheadedness
  • Blurred vision
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fatigue (coughyawnscough)
  • Pale Skin; No beating around the bush here- You’ll look deathly ill even after 15 hours’ worth sleep.

One might argue this all sounds very serious but you haven’t heard anything YET! Keep reading fam because things are only getting started…

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Once deprived from my assistance ,these few conditions may come knocking on your door along with their bags packed (sigh,someone hide my suitcase please!)

  • Memory and concentration issues- You might act like a goldfish!
  • Depression – Yup, it’s not just due to your favorite cafe closing down!
  • Numbness or tingling in the hands and feet – It’ll feel like you’re wearing invisible socks (WOAH!).
  • Muscle weakness
    And wait for it……

‘Pernicious Anemia’ is the Name!

Still struggling with my absence? Well, here’s another one – Pernicious anemia (sounds lovely if I may say so myself!). This condition occurs when there isn’t enough B-twelve to make healthy blood cells. Yeahh those red ones that carry oxygen around our bodies; you know what they are right…?! So without me by their side, these red blood cells die faster than expected leaving you out of breath most days.

What Happens If The Condition Goes Untreated?

Now let’s get real here folks!

If vitamin(b)-twelve deficiency persists (oh dear…) then major consequences come into play.Real talk: It can becoming a lingering problem leading to potentially long-term damage.This could hit hard when nerve damage happens which will lead to even more painful aspects developing: difficulty walking, sight loss(if untreated), intense mood changes (goodbye calm nerves) , memory disengagements etcetera. At this point we were expecting tissues because yes things have taken a dark turn because Vitamin b-duty wasn’t fulfilled as required.

For added effect picture sitting alone scrolling through Instagram while cry-singing “All By Myself” on full volume…pretty accurate description at this point TBH.

Conclusion

Listen up humans! Vitamin(b)-twelve is something your body craves for its survival. As such consumption of sufficient amounts of sources containing good ol’ moi head nod(insert self-aggrandizement) can ultimately help you lead a perfectly joyous, healthy and sunshine-filled life (yes, it does exist). So let’s keep the tragedy to a minimum and keep taking care of our bodies. Trust me when I say this – They say laughter is the best medicine but that being said unpleasant physicians office visits may be necessary without my assistance wink wink

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