The symptoms of vitamin B12-deficiency anaemia include feeling very tired, breathlessness after little exercise, palpitations-feeling your heartbeat thumping in your chest, headaches, reduced appetite, sore mouth and tongue. If you have vitamin B12-deficiency anaemia, you may also look pale or jaundiced(yellowy tinge to your skin and the whites of your eyes).As well as the anaemia symptoms, vitamin B12-deficiency may cause symptoms related to your nerves(vitamin B12 neuropathy).It may affect your movement and sensation, esp in your legs, cause numbness or 'pins and needles' and decrease your sensitivity to touch, vibration or pain. It can also cause confusion, depression, poor concentration and forgetfulness. These symptoms aren't always due to vitamin B12-deficiency anaemia-if you have them, see your doctor.
Attribution: BUPA
See also:
- Vitamin b12 deficiency anaemia
- Diagnosis of vitamin b12 deficiency anaemia
- Vitamin b12 deficiency anaemia - normal haemoglobin levels