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Have Your Say! Pick YOUR Top 10 PA Research Priorities
We need your help to shape the future of Pernicious Anaemia research Last spring, we launched a survey where we asked you to tell us what questions relating to Pernicious Anaemia...
Why, what, how: the JLA PA Priority Setting Partnership
The James Lind Alliance Pernicious Anaemia Priority Setting Partnership, Steering Group and the survey - What's it all about? In recent weeks we’ve been asking you to complete...
Have Your Say On PA
When the pandemic led to changes in patients’ treatment, we became aware that far too many patients were suffering harm because either their treatment was stopped, or they were...
Long COVID and Pernicious Anaemia
Last Updated: 21 February 2021: You may remember that last month we wrote to the Chief Medical Officers in the UK to point out that the symptoms of Long-Covid were remarkably similar to those of Vitamin B12 Deficiency and that..
Treatment concerns during COVID-19? Let NHSE know
So, the clocks went back an hour last week, which means, we suppose, that we get an extra hour of 2020; another hour on a year that has been like no other than we can remember....
Guideline on Pernicious Anaemia commissioned by NICE
After four years of working with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) we are delighted to announce that a Guideline on the Diagnosis and Maintenance of...
Oral tablets to treat Pernicious Anaemia
We have been made aware that a pharmaceutical company based in Northumberland is about to be granted a licence to produce 1mg tablets of Cyanocobalamin. One of our Pharmacist...
Continuing: Treating Pernicious Anaemia during COVID-19
Different Guidelines on treating Pernicious Anaemia We are aware that too many Primary Care Practices have told patients that due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, patients’ B12...
BSH guidance on B12 during Covid-19 changed
The last two weeks have been a very testing time for the society. This is because various professional bodies have issued Guidelines to doctors and other health professionals on...
Did you know ?
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Of patients waited 5 years or more for diagnosis
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Of patients were initially misdiagnosed
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Of patients are unhappy with their treatment
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With your help we can continue to do our valuable work, supporting those that need it and campaigning to secure future improvements in detection and treatment of this illness. The more members we have the bigger our voice will be in getting the way in which Pernicious Anaemia is diagnosed and treated thoroughly reviewed. Join us and help us bring about this much needed review. Your membership fee or donations go towards the running of society, but also help us to fund research projects, awareness campaigns and many other activities.
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What's the difference between B12 Deficiency and Pernicious Anaemia ?
Pernicious Anaemia is caused by either the patient not producing Intrinsic Factor that is needed to bind with vitamin B12 from food before it enters the blood stream or the Intrinsic Factor is being produced but is then destroyed by antibodies to the Intrinsic Factor – auto-immune Pernicious Anaemia. Because the patient is either not producing Intrinsic Factor or is destroying the Intrinsic Factor that has been produced the B12 cannot be absorbed from food.
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How is Pernicious Anemia diagnosed ?
If the test is positive, then it is 95% certain that the patient will have Pernicious Anaemia. However, it will identify only 50% – 70% of patients with the antibodies. So, if you test positive for the antibody you will almost certainly have Pernicious Anaemia. But is it is negative it does NOT rule our Pernicious Anaemia.
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How is Pernicious Anaemia treated ?
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