This month's blog post is from Julie Wichlin, our support group co-ordinator in the USA. She shines a light on the shocking inequality between how conditions like diabetes and PA are treated - despite both being lifelong and potentially life-threatening if left...
This month's blog post is another different perspective from Julie Wichlin, our support group co-ordinator in the USA. Based on a recent discussion with her engaged support group Julie takes a look at the normal and not so normal symptoms of Pernicious Anaemia. One of...
Vitamin B12 deficiency is diagnosed on the basis of blood tests. First, the doctor will have to suspect B12 deficiency as a possible cause of the patient’s symptoms, combined with their risk factors.
There is another area of inequality in healthcare is for those with long-term and chronic conditions, where there is a lack of awareness, education and research available to the health care profession.
The Pernicious Anaemia Society is the charity which originally petitioned for a NICE guideline on Pernicious Anaemia, and we are disappointed that during the formation of the NICE Committee and in the early meetings, the focus moved to a more general NICE guideline on B12 deficiency as a symptom and not Pernicious Anaemia as a condition.
Dr Joseph Alexander "Chandy" Kayyalackom (1941-2023) -a ReflectionThe end of 2023 bought the sad news of the passing of Dr Chandy, a well-known name to those of us involved in the world of B12 deficiency and our blog post schedule for January has been changed to a...