This blog post will walk you through: vitamin b12 excess levels in blood. Don’t worry, we’ve got all the answers about this subject.
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The increase in circulating cobalamin levels is predominantly caused by enhanced production of haptocorrin. This phenomenon is predominantly caused by cobalamin release during hepatic cytolysis and/or decreased cobalamin clearance by the affected liver.
Why Is A Vitamin B-12 Level Test Useful?
The vitamin B-12 level test checks how much vitamin B-12 is in the body.
The results can help doctors to determine if abnormal vitamin B-12 levels are causing symptoms. They may experience movement problems in addition to delayed development. Pernicious anemia, which causes low levels of red blood cells, results from an inability to absorb vitamin B-12.
Symptoms of pernicious anemia include: constipation
fatigue
loss of appetite
pale skin
weakness
weight loss High serum folate levels Serum folate is the level of folic acid in the blood. High serum folate levels can mask the symptoms of vitamin B-12 deficiency and make its neurological symptoms worse. They can also increase the likelihood of anemia.
A doctor may use the results of a vitamin B-12 test to help form their diagnosis.
Abstract
Hypercobalaminemia (high serum vitamin B12 levels) is a frequent and underestimated anomaly. Clinically, it can be paradoxically accompanied by signs of deficiency, reflecting a functional deficiency linked to qualitative abnormalities, which are related to defects in tissue uptake and action of vitamin B12.
The aetiological profile of high serum cobalamin predominantly encompasses severe disease entities for which early diagnosis is critical for prognosis. These entities are essentially comprised of solid neoplasms, haematological malignancies and liver and kidney diseases. This review reflects the potential importance of the vitamin B12 assay as an early diagnostic marker of these diseases.
A codified approach is needed to determine the potential indications of a search for high serum cobalamin and the practical clinical strategy to adopt upon discovery of elevated cobalamin levels.
How The Test Is Performed
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