Pernicious Anemia : Treatments

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Treatments could include:
Monthly vitamin B12 injections are prescribed to correct the vitamin B12 deficiency. This therapy corrects the anemia and may correct the neurological complications if taken soon enough. Some doctors recommend that elderly patients with gastric at...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 27, 2007
Treatment of pernicious anemia requires the administration of lifelong injections of B12. Vitamin B12 given by injection enters the bloodstream directly, and does not require intrinsic factor. At first, injections may need to be given several time...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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