This video looks at Metformin and Vitamin B12 deficiency and examines 4 TIPS to prevent B12 deficiency while on Metformin.Metformin can cause Vitamin B12 deficiency. This video also examines how Metformin works in the body.
Well, it does! at the end of the how to prevent b12 deficiency if you’re on metformin. coming up! firstly, let’s find out how metformin works and what it does. insulin is a hormone produced by your blood like after a meal into cells think of insulin as a key helping glucose into and muscle cells do not respond well
Resistance. your pancreas ends up producing more insulin to try to push sugar into your cells, and there’s too much sugar in your bloodstream. metformin reduces insulin resistance, thus helping sugar move into the cells. that’s why you want reduces side effects from metformin. metformin also reduces the amount of
Sugar produced by the liver. did you know that the liver produces sugar? the problem is if you’re a diabetic the liver ends up producing more sugar than you need because of insulin resistance. if you take metformin the production of glucose is reduced in your liver resulting in lower sugar levels in your blood. the
Third way metformin helps is it decreases intestinal absorption of glucose. if you eat a meal food passes through your digestive system to your intestines, therefore, after meal your blood sugar level rises. metformin delays the absorption finding value in this video don’t forget to like, comment and share and click
On that notification bell and hit the subscribe button as well . for the most part metformin is fairly well tolerated, however, it does have some side effects especially and if you want to learn more about the now what can happen if you have been metformin can cause vitamin b1212 deficiency. low levels of vitamin b12
Have been seen as early as three to four months after starting metformin and in other cases they have been seen after five to ten years of treatment. in a cross-sectional study looking at this up to one-third of patients on metformin were b12 deficient. what are the symptoms of b12 deficiency? if you do have b12
Deficiency it can affect your blood count and in most severe cases it can affect your brain as well as your nerve cells. a low blood count can affect different blood cells. if your red blood count is affected you become anemic. your doctor might say your hemoglobin is low. this can also cause different symptoms such as
Fatigue, shortness of breath or feeling lightheaded. decreased you’re at an increased risk of affected you are at an increased risk for bleeding your brain and nerve cells are affected. covering called myelin around your nerve fibers such as numbness and tingling of your feet or hands. this is called
Neuropathy. you might even have trouble walking, your mood can be affected presenting as irritability or depression, memory can be affected presenting with forgetfulness, slowing off your cognition and in some cases even as dementia. that is why b12 levels are always checked if you’re being worked up for dementia. if
You’re interested to see if there’s a link between metformin and dementia click on the link above. here are four tips to prevent b12 deficiency. tip diet.some good resources are in animal products including fish, meat, poultry, eggs, milk and milk products. vitamin b12 is generally not present calcium supplementations
Seems to reduce this effect of metformin. the study which you’re that increased intake of calcium reversed vitamin b12 malabsorption of metformin. the dose they used was 1.2 grams of calcium given daily. and i’m talking about severe nerve damage caused by metformin then discontinue metformin and talk to your
Doctor about an alternative way of managing your diabetes. progression of nerve damage can be stopped with an adequate damage for the most part cannot be reversed. neurological and psychiatric symptoms can improve moderate cases b12 can be replaced with thousand to two thousand micrograms of cyanocobalamin.this
Is given daily and your doctor can follow up by checking your blood level for b12.in severe cases your doctor might opt to replace the vitamin b12 in the form of an injection. some doctors might start off with the injectable form of vitamin b12 and later on switch to oral supplementation. should not take vitamin um where
You should not take metformin. question of the day? if you’re on metformin, did your doctor check your b12 level and if you’re interested in a video looking at b12 deficiency in more detail type yes in the comments below. and if you’re interested in more videos click right here or click right here click right
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Metformin and Vitamin B12 deficiency! 4 TIPS to prevent B12 deficiency By Think Your Health
