Vitamin B12 Deficiency Symptoms (Urdu/Hindi)

Vitamin B12 deficiency is a treatable condition that happens if you are not consuming enough vitamin B12 in your diet or if your body is not absorbing it properly. Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause physical, neurological and psychological symptoms. It can be treated with vitamin B12 medications. Vitamin B12 deficiency happens when your body is either not getting enough or not absorbing enough vitamin B12 from the food that you eat that it needs to function properly. Vitamin B12 is an important nutrient that helps your body make red blood cells and DNA, the genetic material in all of your cells. Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause physical, neurological and psychological problems if it is not treated. Vitamin B12 is an important nutrient that helps your body keep your nerve cells and blood cells healthy. It also helps your body make DNA, the genetic material in all of your cells. Your body does not make vitamin B12 on its own, so you have to consume food and drinks that have vitamin B12 in order to get it. Vitamin B12 is found in animal products you eat and drink such as meat, dairy and eggs. It can also be found in fortified foods (foods that have certain vitamins and nutrients added to them) such as certain cereals, bread and nutritional yeast. Biochemical term for vitamin B12 is cobalamin. Adults need around 2.4 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin B12 a day, and people who are pregnant or breastfeeding need more. The amount of vitamin B12 babies and children need varies based on age. There are two things that need to happen in order for your body to absorb vitamin B12 from the food you eat. First, hydrochloric acid in your stomach removes vitamin B12 from the food it was in. Next, vitamin B12 combines with something called intrinsic factor, a protein made by your stomach. Vitamin B12 is then able to be absorbed by your digestive system. Some people have a rare condition called pernicious anemia, which means their stomach does not make intrinsic factor. Because of this, their body cannot properly absorb vitamin B12, which causes a vitamin B12 deficiency. Most symptoms are the same whether they are caused by either folate deficiency or vitamin B12 deficiency. General physical symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency can include: Feeling very tired or weak, not feeling as hungry as usual, having yellowish skin and weight loss. You may also be more likely to get a vitamin B12 deficiency if you have: • Atrophic gastritis, in which your stomach lining has thinned • Pernicious anemia, which makes it hard for your body to absorb vitamin B12 • Conditions that affect your small intestine, such as Crohn's disease, celiac disease, bacterial growth, or a parasite • You can also get vitamin B12 deficiency if you follow a vegan diet healthways with ali

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