Analyzing blood chemistry can be a very helpful tool in determining what a patient needs to improve their health, and of course why a patient is experiencing certain signs and symptoms. A patient will often bring in their blood work to me and tell me that the doctor who ordered the tests said everything was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vitamin B12’
How to Interpret Your Blood Tests: Part I
Posted in common conditions, tagged anemia, blood tests, vitamin B12 on March 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Folic Acid/B12-deficiency anemia (megaloblastic & pernicious anemia)
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged anemia, blood tests, fatigue, homocysteine, remedies, supplements, vitamin B12, vitamins on August 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Let’s talk about two common types of anemia I see in my patients. They are self explanatory like iron-deficiency anemia. Megaloblastc anemia refers to a deficiency of folic acid and/or vitamin B12, and pernicious anemia refers to B12-deficiency specifically. Every single cell in your body requires folic acid and vitamin B12 in order to “mature” [...]
