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High Vitamin B12 levels
I'm 62 year old female. My Vitamin B12 levels show high (1033 pg/ml). Could it be a sign of a life-threatening disease? I take B complex and vitamin c capsule regularly. Prompt reply will be appreciated. Thanks!!!
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You should stop taking vitamin supplements now. And repeat your vitamin B12 level after one week. Follow with report with online consultation. Thanks
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Stop taking vitamin B complex supplement for a month .. It will become normal again..
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Need few more details
Kindly consult
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No need for any panic.No serious illness.Please stop supplements for vit B12.
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You should stop taking multivitamin and Vit B12 supplements for two months. After that you may get your B12 level done again.
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If you are taking medicine you need to stop them for checking vitamin report.medicine remain in blood shows such high value .
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Please consult
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Dr. Rashmi Wadhwa
General Physician
37 yrs exp
Delhi
Stop supplements if taking
In any form
Repeat the test after a week
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
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6 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you , kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
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12 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
connect with a call for details discussion regarding the disease and it's management
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Gurgaon
According to your sign and symptom you are suffering from some infection as High Vitamin B 12 .
As you know that best treatment depend on the correct diagnosis and correct diagnosis depend on the complete history of the patient so please take consultation from a doctor and give complete history of the patient so that correct diagnosis will be make and then best treatment will be start
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Normal level is Vitamin B12 - 200-900pg/ml
so you have high value but not so much high as double or triple .
It will be normal in 1 month .
you can take Vitamin C as 1 Tablet per day as daily requirement.
Don't take B complex daily but you can take
as occasionally .
Health Tips
Please follow good life style as take plenty of fluid and take less spicy and fatty food and
do exercise regularly with yoga and meditation
keep positive attitude to fight any problem of your life.
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