Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Overdose of Vitamin B12

There is a public opinion that the high dose of vitamin B12 as high doses of other vitamins can improve the activity of the immune system. The research doesn't have the certain results and the only conclusion. But it is necessary that high doses of the vitamins can lead to the side effects because of vitamin B12 toxicity.

An overdose of vitamin B12 is rare among the people. The symptoms of the overdose of vitamin B12 are numbness of any parts of body, itch, or a feeling of burning pain or pricking. The overdose of vitamin B12 may also lead to the following side effects: headache, giddiness, excitement, pains in the heart, the heart doesn't work normally.

The overdose of vitamin B12 cause allergy among the newborn babies and pregnant women. The overdose of vitamin B12 also can be noticed among the old people. It was discovered that about ten to thirty per cent people who over fifty years old are can suffer from the overdose of vitamin B12. It happens because of the fact that their organism can't absorb the vitamin B12. So, the vitamin B12 injections are recommended to them. The vitamin B12 is usually considered as non-toxic even when a healthy person takes it in the big quantity.

In the case of massive overdoses, toxic effects might occur due to the inactive ingredients in vitamin B12 supplements. Sometimes vitamin B12 comes in combination with other vitamins or other supplements. Of course, an overdose of such a product might cause overdose symptoms and effects due to the other components of the product.

The results of the overdose of vitamin B12 are its side effects. The vitamin B12 side effects are seldom noticed among the people with healthy kidneys. If there is something wrong with your kidneys and you take big doses of the vitamin B12 call the doctor if there are the vitamin B12 side effects, for example, numbness of any parts of body or itch. The overdose of vitamin B12 makes even the cancer appear. But it is one of the reasons in this case.



Numbness of hand



Itchiness




Leg pain tingling



Back pain

1 comment:

  1. This is wrong above is signs of b12 deficiency. Possible (if any) are:

    "Symptoms of a Vitamin B12 Overdose
    There are no "symptoms" of a vitamin B12 overdose, per se. Even very large doses do not seem to cause problems for most people. In rare cases, people may experience vitamin B12 side effects (see Vitamin B12 Toxicity), but these side effects are probably just as common with normal doses as with overdoses."
    From http://women.emedtv.com/vitamin-b12/vitamin-b12-overdose.html

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