December 6, 2009

Just a thought - cobalamin deficiency

Cobalamin is Vitamin B12 and is only available to us through milk and meat. If you are deficient in cobalamin, there are a number of symptoms than can manifest. From first link:
Among 141 consecutive patients with neuro-psychiatric abnormalities due to cobalamin deficiency . . . We conclude that neuropsychiatric disorders due to cobalamin deficiency occur commonly in the absence of anemia or an elevated mean cell volume and that measurements of serum methylmalonic acid and total homocysteine both before and after treatment are useful in the diagnosis of these patients.
From second link:
We describe a young single male vegetarian who developed a cobalamin-induced psychotic episode without preceding neurologic manifestations and without any hematologic symptoms.
A lot of young people experiment with vegetarian and vegan diets. Makes me wonder if that could explain a lot of the behavior at political demonstrations. A lot of them have cats as well and that would open them up to toxaplasmosis. Double whammy... Posted by DaveH at December 6, 2009 2:06 PM | TrackBack
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