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Pernicious Anemia

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prayin4achange Newbie
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I was just wondering if anyone on here has pernicious anemia and if you do.. how did you find out? I have a lot of the symptoms and would like to look further into it. Thanks! :)

Jenn

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There are folks here who have PA but there are lots more who are B12 deficient because of the damage from the celiac. Your doctor can test you for PA and can also test your B12 levels. Many of us benefit from sublingual B12 taken daily even without having PA which is a failure of your body to produce something called the intrinsic factor.

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I was just wondering if anyone on here has pernicious anemia and if you do.. how did you find out? I have a lot of the symptoms and would like to look further into it. Thanks! :)

Jenn

only adding to rwg's response... in general, B12 deficiencies are not common among RECOVERING celiacs on a gluten free (gluten-free) diet. however, undiagnosed/gluten-consuming celiacs commonly have B12 deficiencies due to malabsorption.

so... depending on where you are in the spectrum, you may be B12 deficient, or not. it is more likely, among recovering gluten-free celiacs that you would be B6 or folate deficient (since gluten-free foods tend to be deficient in these vitamins/cofactors...).

btw -- i dislike the terms 'common' or 'uncommon'; lets say (among friends) B12 deficiencies are >95% more likely among non-gluten-free celiacs and 95% celiacs recover from B12 deficiency amongst recovering gluten-free celiacs.... it may or may not refer to you specifically. just if you fall into those particular /dustbins/.

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