No news is good news. But unfortunately here's the news.
In an email alert from PubMed I received this title (no abstract available):
Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency; an Unusual Cause of Developmental Regression in Infants.
An "unusual case" - please let this not be a vegan baby - again.
Unfortunately, yes, a vegan baby. Fortunately, the brain damage was apparently 100% reversible.
Summary:
FULL TEXT
Yousif TI, Shukla PJ, Gallagher S: Severe vitamin B12 deficiency; an unusual cause of developmental regression in infants. Ir Med J, 109: 474 (2016)
In an email alert from PubMed I received this title (no abstract available):
Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency; an Unusual Cause of Developmental Regression in Infants.
An "unusual case" - please let this not be a vegan baby - again.
Unfortunately, yes, a vegan baby. Fortunately, the brain damage was apparently 100% reversible.
Summary:
- 10 month old vegan girl
- born at home, no neonatal screening, no routine MD visits
- severe B12 deficiency symptoms
- underweight, pale, irritable, unable to sit without support, couldn't smile or roll over anymore, no babbling, no mouthing of objects
- B12 blood level at 136 pg/mL
- EEG showed mild brain abnormalities
- received B12 injections and B12 fortified breast milk (via a nasogastric tube)
- girl recovered completely
- mother and siblings also had B12 deficiency
- family switched to an ovo-lacto-vegetarian diet and received guidance by a dietitian
FULL TEXT
Yousif TI, Shukla PJ, Gallagher S: Severe vitamin B12 deficiency; an unusual cause of developmental regression in infants. Ir Med J, 109: 474 (2016)