| Anemia (Uncommon Nutritional) | The Condition
"...Iron, vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies can also produce forms of nutritional anemia - Iron Deficiency Anemia and Megaloblastic Anemia..."
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Birth Control Pill Issues |
The Condition
"...Birth control pills tend to cause folic acid depletion and increase the risk of cervical dysplasia and vascular thrombosis, stroke, and possibly megaloblastic anemia..."
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Chemotherapy Side-Effects |
Relationship to Megaloblastic Anemia / Pernicious Anemia
"Some chemotherapy agents are known inhibitors of folic acid enzymes and as such can induce a megaloblastic anemia..."
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Increased Folic Acid Requirement |
The Condition
"...In pregnancy, this megaloblastic anemia is of great concern..."
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Megaloblastic Anemia / Pernicious Anemia |
The Condition
"...Megaloblastic anemias are somewhat rare blood disorders characterized by the presence of large, structurally and visually abnormal, immature red blood cells (megaloblasts)..."
Relationship to Tapeworm Infection
"Signs of infection with large tapeworms (especially with the broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum) include conditions associated with vitamin B12 deficiency such as megaloblastic anemia..."
Relationship to Bacterial Dysbiosis
"Abnormal bacterial populations may consume cobalamin, contributing to B12 deficiency states and resulting in megaloblastic anemia..."
Recommendation Test for B12 Levels
"A vitamin B12 deficiency is the most common cause of megaloblastic anemia..."
Recommendation Test Folic Acid Levels
"...CAUTION: It is always important to discover the underlying deficiency that is causing a megaloblastic anemia..."
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Tendency Toward Postpartum Depression |
The Condition
"...When postpartum depression occurs with megaloblastic anemia, the depression many times responds extremely well to folate supplementation..."
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Vitamin B12 Requirement |
Our Question about vegetarian, vegan or raw-food-vegan diet
"Vitamin B12 deficiency is the most common cause of megaloblastic anemia..."
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