Introduction In 1934, Whipple, Minot and Murphy were awarded the Nobel Prize for their game-changing discovery that feeding liver meat to patients affected by pernicious anaemia could act as a curative therapy for this previously invariably fatal condition ( Today, Vitamin B12 deficiency is a commonly encountered clinical diagnosis and most clinicians will have prescribed B12 replacement therapy for some of their patients
Using plain sterile water for a multi-use vial is also a mistake, as it invites bacterial contamination after the first use
Infections and acute illnesses , including viral gastroenteritis, food poisoning, or antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, may coincidentally occur when someone has recently started B12 supplementation
such as dizziness, sickness or diarrhoea, then it is more than likely that B12 is unsuitable for your client, although this is extremely rare
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