Accessible, user-friendly guide to the causes and consequences of vitamin B12 deficiency, higlighting the problems with diagnosis and treatment and what sufferers can do to overcome these difficulties. Illustrated throughout with case histories and focused on awareness of the signs and symptoms to look out for.



Autorentext

Martyn Hooper founded the Pernicious Anaemia Society to provide a forum for sufferers from the condition, having battled with the effects of vitamin B-12 deficiency for many years without a diagnosis. He found he had tapped into a massive hidden problem and has been campaigning for better diagnosis, treatment and recognition of the condition ever since. To write this latest book he has drawn on the experience of the Society's 7000+ members together with classic and current research findings, responses to his earlier.



Klappentext

self-help guide to vitamin B12 deficiency and pernicious anaemia



Inhalt

1. My story; 2. Blood, vitamins and B12; 3. Sources of B12; 4. The symptoms of B12 deficiency; 5. Problems with diagnosing B12 deficiency; 6. Pernicious anaemia, intrinsic factor and vitamin B12; 7. Problems with diagnosing pernicious anaemia; 8. Treating pernicious anaemia; 9. Sub-acute combined degeneration of the spinal cord secondary to pernicious anaemia; 10. The future.

Titel
Pernicious Anaemia: The Forgotten Disease
Untertitel
The causes and consequences of vitamin B12 deficiency
EAN
9781781610053
ISBN
978-1-78161-005-3
Format
E-Book (epub)
Altersempfehlung
18 bis 18 Jahre
Veröffentlichung
01.09.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.03 MB
Anzahl Seiten
196
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch