Private General Practice provide a wide range of key medical services as follows: Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D Injections Feeling run down or tired all the time, immune system struggling to fight off injection or does your body ache. Then you may be deficient in Vitamin B12 or Vitamin D. their recent blood test results). VITAMIN B12 INJECTIONSVitamin B12 deficiency Anaemia or Folate deficiency Anaemia develops when a lack of vitamin B12 or folate causes the body to produce abnormally large red blood cells that cannot function properly causing Anaemia. The main symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency or folate deficiency anaemia are persistent tiredness or lack of engegry (lethargy) with our doctor or at your NHS GP will be able to determine if you are deficient in B12. Who Can Be Affected? Both vitamin B12 deficiency and folate deficiency are more common in older people, affecting around 1 in 10 people above the age of 75. Vitamin B12 deficiency is rare in younger people, although those who follow a strict vegan diet may be more at risk.
Vitamin B12 and folate Vitamin B12 and folate work together to help the body produce red blood cells. Vitamin B12 also helps to keep the nervous system (brain, nerves and spinal cord) healthy. Folate is important for pregnant women because it reduces the risk of birth defects in unborn babies. Treating vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia Most cases of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency are easily treated. A course of Vitamin B12 injections can be recommended or alternatively Vitamin B12 supplements until the deficiency is under control. In cases where there are problems absorbing vitamin B12, such as in pernicious anaemia, you will need injection/supplements for the rest of your life. Folic acid supplements are used to restore folate levels, which usually need to be taken for four months. Improving your diet can prevent the condition returning, depending on the underlying cause of your vitamin B12 or folate deficiency.Nutrition can be discused with our doctor can during the consultation.
Vitamin B12 Injections are £40 each VITAMIN D INJECTIONSVitamin D helps our bodies absorb other vitamins as Calcium and Phosphors which are need to keep healthy bones and muscles. Vitamin D also helps with our general health and mood. There is also evidence to suggest that Vitamin D can help prevent diseases such as Cancer, Diabetes and Heart Disease. Vitamin D Deficiency is common in the UK, where certain groups are more at risk. Vitamin D Deficiencies are be caused by three main reasons. Increased need for vitamin D Growing children, pregnant women, and breast-feeding women need extra vitamin D because it is required for growth. So, vitamin D deficiency is more likely to develop in the following groups of people: Pregnant or breast-feeding women. Vitamin D deficiency is even more likely to develop in women who have had several babies with short gaps between pregnancies. This is because the body’s stores of vitamin D get used up, and there is little time for them to be built up before another pregnancy.
Breast-fed babies whose mothers are lacking in vitamin D, or with prolonged breast-feeding, as there is little vitamin D in breast milk. Where the body is unable to make enough vitamin D This can occur for various reasons: People who get very little sunlight on their skin are at risk of vitamin D deficiency. This is more of a problem in the most northern parts of the world where there is less sun. People who stay inside a lot. For example, those in hospital for a long time, or housebound people. People who cover up a lot of their body when outside. For example, wearing veils such as the niqab or burqa. People with pigmented skin (because less sunshine gets through the skin). Strict sunscreen use can potentially lead to vitamin D deficiency, particularly if high sun protection factor (SPF) creams (factor 15 or above) are used. Nevertheless, children especially should always be protected from the harmful effect of the sun’s rays and should never be allowed to burn or be exposed to the strongest midday sun.
Elderly people have thinner skin than younger people and so are unable to produce as much vitamin D. This leaves older people more at risk of vitamin D deficiency. Some medical conditions can affect the way the body handles vitamin D. People with Crohn’s disease, coeliac disease, and some types of liver and kidney disease, are all at risk of vitamin D deficiency. Rarely, some people without any other risk factors or diseases become deficient in vitamin D. It is not clear why this occurs. It may be due to a subtle metabolic problem in the way vitamin D is made or absorbed. So, even some otherwise healthy, fair-skinned people who get enough sun exposure can become deficient in vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency can also occur in people taking certain medicines – examples include: carbamazepine, phenytoin, primidone, barbiturates and some anti-HIV medicines. Not enough vitamin D in Your Diet Vitamin D deficiency is more likely to occur in people who follow a strict vegetarian or vegan diet, or a non-fish-eating diet.
Treating vitamin D Deficiency Most cases of Vitamin D deficiency are easily treated. A course of Vitamin D injections can be recommended or alternatively Vitamin D supplements until the deficiency is under control. Nutrition can also be discussed with the doctor. Vitamin D Injections are £45 each Quick changes for a healthier heart February is all about matters of the heart. February is not only about Valentine's day,... It’s not too late to join the Movember... Now we know the ladies can't grow thick, fluffy whiskers but you can still join... New addition to our PGPS family We are excited to announce a new addition to our PGPS family. The accurate and specific measurement of vitamin D is increasingly important for determining the role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of disease. Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) has increasingly become the analytical modality of choice for the analysis of vitamin D.
There are many advantages to using LC/MS/MS, such as high specificity and sensitivity to help distinguish the isomers of vitamin D. This rapid method, modified from a Waters Corporation application note, consists of minimal sample manipulation using liquid–liquid extraction and incorporates an internal standard. The supernatant is dried down and injected onto an ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometer. The total analysis time is 10 min per injection, enabling high throughput of samples. This method also incorporates two commercial quality control standards to provide a robust system with acceptable coefficient of variation. The analysis of control and heart failure plasma samples showed significant differences in the levels of vitamin D3 between these two groups; however, in the control group, there were individuals who were vitamin D deficient. Overall, the vitamin D3 levels were higher in control samples than in heart failure individuals.