Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

List of causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency) that could possibly cause Vitamin B12 Deficiency includes:

• Vegans
• Pernicious anemia - see also causes of pernicious anemia
• Stomach removal
• Malabsorption

Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• Blind loop syndrome
• Crohn's disease
• Postgastrectomy syndrome
• Diphyllobothrium latum
• Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome
• Pernicious anaemia
• Vegetarianism
• Atrophic gastritis
• Intrinsic factor deficiency (congenital)

Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Vitamin B12 Deficiency:

• Cobalamin deficiency
• Subacute combined spinal degeneration
• Pernicious anemia
• PA
• Vitamin B-12 associated neurologic diseases
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Vitamin B12 deficiency
• Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord
• Pins and needles sensation

Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Causes and Types

Causes of Broader Categories of Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Vitamin deficiency
• Vitamin B deficiency
• more types...»

Vitamin B12 Deficiency as a symptom:

Conditions listing Vitamin B12 Deficiency as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency. Our database lists the following as having Vitamin B12 Deficiency as a symptom of that condition:

• Bothriocephalosis
• Cobalamin malabsorption, selective, with proteinuria
• Congenital Vitamin B12 Malabsorption
• Familial Selective Vitamin B12 Malabsorption
• Graeck-Imerslund disease
• Grasbeck-Imerslund Disease
• Imerslund's Anemia
• Imerslund's Syndrome
• Imerslund-Najman-Grasbeck Anemia
• Imerslund-Najman-Grasbeck Disease
• Imerslund-Najman-Grasbeck Syndrome
• Intrinsic factor, congenital deficiency of
• Juvenile Megaloblastic Anemia
• Macrocytic anemia
• Megaloblasti Anemia, 1
• Megaloblastic anemia
• Megaloblastic Anemia, Familial
• Pernicious anemia
• Pernicious Anemia, Juvenile type
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Drug interactions causing Vitamin B12 Deficiency:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Vitamin B12 Deficiency as a symptom.

The list below is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• K-Dur and diuretic blood pressure tablet interaction
• K-Tab and diuretic blood pressure tablet interaction
• Micor-K and diuretic blood pressure tablet interaction
• Slow-K and diuretic blood pressure tablet interaction
• more interactions...»

Read more about medication causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Related information on causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency may be found in:

• Hidden causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

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