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A multivitamin product used to treat or prevent vitamin deficiency due to poor diet, certain illnesses, or during pregnancy. Vitamins are important building blocks of the body and help keep you in good health.
Do not take more than the recommended dosage. If you are uncertain about any of the information, let's discuss it over a call or a video conferencing as per your convenience.
Do not take more than the recommended dosage. If you are uncertain about any of the information, let's discuss it over a call or a video conferencing as per your convenience.
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Vitamin b12 does a lot of things for your body. It helps make your dna and your red blood cells.
The average recommended amounts, measured in micrograms (mcg), vary by age:
infants up to age 6 months: 0.4 mcg
babies age 7-12 months: 0.5 mcg
children age 1-3 years: 0.9 mcg
kids age 4-8 years: 1.2 mcg
children age 9-13 years: 1.8 mcg
teens age 14-18: 2.4 mcg (2.6 mcg per day if pregnant and 2.8 mcg per day if breastfeeding)
adults: 2.4 mcg (2.6 mcg per day if pregna...more
The average recommended amounts, measured in micrograms (mcg), vary by age:
infants up to age 6 months: 0.4 mcg
babies age 7-12 months: 0.5 mcg
children age 1-3 years: 0.9 mcg
kids age 4-8 years: 1.2 mcg
children age 9-13 years: 1.8 mcg
teens age 14-18: 2.4 mcg (2.6 mcg per day if pregnant and 2.8 mcg per day if breastfeeding)
adults: 2.4 mcg (2.6 mcg per day if pregna...more
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Vitamin deficiency anemia is a lack of healthy red blood cells caused by lower than normal amounts of certain vitamins. Vitamins linked to vitamin deficiency anemia include folate, vitamin b-12 and vitamin c. Vitamin b12 deficiency can happen if you have certain conditions, such as:
atrophic gastritis, in which your stomach lining has thinned,
pernicious anemia, which makes it hard for your body to absorb vitamin b12
and some other reason.
You may need a right medical advise befo...more
atrophic gastritis, in which your stomach lining has thinned,
pernicious anemia, which makes it hard for your body to absorb vitamin b12
and some other reason.
You may need a right medical advise befo...more
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Dear Lybrate user,
you should take milk, eggs, milk products, which will be beneficial to increase vitamin b12 and you should also take green leafy vegetables, salads, fruits, juices, coconut water. And for better improvement, you should take homoeopathic medicines and for homoeopathic treatment you may contact us.
you should take milk, eggs, milk products, which will be beneficial to increase vitamin b12 and you should also take green leafy vegetables, salads, fruits, juices, coconut water. And for better improvement, you should take homoeopathic medicines and for homoeopathic treatment you may contact us.
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If you have any problem let's us know we will provide you best medicine, we can not advice any medicine without knowing purpose of use ,there are so many company's preparing vitamin b2 medicines, which can not advice without knowing exact disease name or if any vitamin deficiency we can not suggest so it would be better if you discuss the problem.
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