Sage-Tips

What does it mean if your vitamin B-12 is very high?

An abnormally high vitamin B-12 status can be an early sign of liver disease, diabetes, or certain types of leukemia. A doctor may use the results of a vitamin B-12 test to help form their diagnosis.

Can Rheumatoid arthritis cause high B12?

Serum B12 level in patients with rheumatoid arthritis was significantly higher than that in patients with osteoarthritis and normal subjects.

What is a normal vitamin B12 level for a woman?

Understanding the Results But a normal level of vitamin B12 in your bloodstream is generally between 190 and 950 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL). Between 200 to 300 pg/mL is considered borderline and your doctor may do more testing. Below 200 pg/mL is low and more testing is needed.

Is B12 1400 high?

The normal range for vitamin B12 (total) is between 200 – 1100 ng/L (nanograms per liter), 200 – 1100 pg/mL (picograms per milliliter), or 148 – 811 pmol/L (picomoles per liter). The normal range for active vitamin B12 (holoTC) is around 20 – 134 pmol/L (picomoles per liter).

What level of B12 is dangerously low?

Values of less than 160 pg/mL (118 pmol/L) are a possible sign of a vitamin B12 deficiency. People with this deficiency are likely to have or develop symptoms. Older adults with a vitamin B12 level less than 100 pg/mL (74 pmol/L) may also have symptoms.

Can stress cause high B12 levels?

Those who have to deal with highly stressful situations or are in a serious crisis need more vitamin B12 than usual. These situations can be high mental or physical stress such as important exams or difficult tests.

How can I lower my vitamin B12 levels?

You can change your diet to include vitamin B12-fortified grains, a supplement or B12 injections, or a high-dose oral vitamin B12 if you are deficient. Older adults who have a vitamin B12 deficiency will likely have to take a daily B12 supplement or a multivitamin that contains B12.

What is a normal B12 level for an elderly person?

For brain and nervous system health and prevention of disease in older adults, serum B12 levels should be maintained near or above 1000 pg/ml.” The tragedy is with people who are symptomatic but are in the low range of vitamin B12 normal levels, between 200-500.

How reliable is the serum vitamin B12 blood test?

The serum vitamin B12 blood test isn’t reliable. It measures the total amount of B12 in the blood, not distinguishing between active and inactive forms of B12. Inactive analogues of B12 (transcobalamin I and III) may represent as much as 80\% of your blood levels.

What is hypercobalaminemia (high serum B12 levels)?

Hypercobalaminemia (high serum vitamin B12 levels) is a frequent and underestimated anomaly. Clinically, it can be paradoxically accompanied by signs of deficiency, reflecting a functional deficiency linked to qualitative abnormalities, which are related to defects in tissue uptake and action of vitamin B12.

How much B12 do you need to boost your serum?

Have a good B12-rich steak and your serum level shoots up to more than 1500pg/ml for a short duration. With our recommended methyl B12 injections, if you did a blood test right after a 1,200mcg shot, you’d get a recorded level of ~250,000pg/ml for a few minutes!