Many cases of vitamin B12 deficiency are overlooked or sometimes even misdiagnosed. Health experts claim that the vitamin is arguably the most important; from fighting fatigue and keeping the bodies’ nerve and blood cells healthy to producing DNA. Lacking in the essential vitamin may cause four symptoms which if left untreated could greatly affect a person’s movement and mobility.
A strong immune system is the key to a healthy body, and your joints are no exception.
A healthy diet and regular exercise help to keep your immune system functioning properly, but sometimes diet alone isn’t enough to get essential nutrients and vitamins such as B12.
Some joint disorders like rheumatoid arthritis are autoimmune disorders, which develop when the immune system malfunctions and attacks healthy tissue and organs.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is very common, especially with age, and can result in a number of symptoms such as fatigue, balance problems, anaemia, numbness and tingling in the extremities, and joint pain.
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A Harvard report cited a patient suffering with four symptoms pertaining to walking and his feet.
The 62-year-old man developed these symptoms over two months which included numbness, pins and needles, trouble walking and joint pain.
When further investigated, his unusual symptoms were linked to a vitamin B12 deficiency in his bloodstream.
The Harvard report not only cited the ailment to which the elder gentleman was suffering with to be a B12 deficiency cause but also noted these symptoms could have become far worse.
The study warned how untreated b12 deficiency symptoms could result in a complete difficulty in walking altogether.
The study also noted how B12 deficiencies could include depression, paranoia, delusions, memory loss, incontinence, loss of taste and smell and more.
Most people can get enough vitamin B12 from dietary sources but for those who cannot, a doctor may prescribe or recommend B12 supplements.
Most multivitamins contain vitamin B12 with the supplements coming in the form of either oral tablets, sublingual tablets that dissolve under the tongue, or injections.
People who have trouble absorbing vitamin B12 may need shots of the vitamin to treat their deficiency.
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