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Periferal neuropathy and loss odbalance and walking ability

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Mine was also diagnosed idiopathic, I do not have diabetes.
The other thing they found in me is my B12 levels were deficient. This can cause neuropathy symptoms as well. If you are vegan it's easier to deplete your levels and levels go down as you age. I am neither so that diagnosis is also idiopathic. But I do have extensive gut problems which I assume stems from.
I take once a month B12 injection now. I'm still on gabapentin for my PN though.

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jamessaxo | @jamessaxo | May 26 4:11pm

Great that u r finding the importance of B12.
Google informed me that our stomachs hold less acid with age.
Acid works on animal proteins to release B12. With insufficient we make less blood cells and get very tired. Alcohol reduces B12 uptake.
The easiest absorbed is METHYLCOBALAMIN.
That's the proper name for B12.
I have trigeminal neuralgia. I take B12 daily in the hope that it will regrow the nerves myelin.
It's called COBALAMIN because one soil bacteria only lives in COBALT soils. Grazing animals pull up some B12 containing soil with grass. We eat their meat to get B12. Interesting stuff.
82 yr old James. Bye.

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