The latter...: Patients with severe symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome may develop vitamin b-12 deficiency due to problems with food intake, digestion and absorption. Some patients with ibs may not tolerate dairy products and meat products leading to less b-12 intake. Ibs also causes chronic diarrhea which leads to loss of other vitamins and minerals too.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Low B12: If you have low levels of b12- that needs to be investigated and treated. There is a cause for a low B12 level. Untreated it can lead to irreversible neurologic damage. While the cause can be dietary, there are more serious causes such as pernicious anemia- an autoimmune disease. So i suggest an investigation into why low b12.
Answered 6/24/2014
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