The strangest symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency... Difficulty distinguishing yellow and blue!
The higher the vitamin B12 deficiency, the higher the risks. Warning signs rarely appear in the initial stages, but according to some experts, people with low levels of vitamin B12 may have difficulty perceiving two colors, yellow and blue.
Besides keeping the nervous system well, vitamin B12 enables the production of red blood cells that carry oxygen, and depriving it of it prevents the body from working properly which leads to a host of neurological complications.
One of the lesser known signs of low levels of vitamin B12 may be the inability to perceive the colors yellow and blue, according to a report published in the British newspaper "Express".
And the British Health Service said that in the vast majority of cases of so-called "color blindness", the cause is due to a genetic factor, and this occurs because some of the color-sensitive cells in the eye are either missing or not working properly.
The report explains that uncommon neurological symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency include impaired sense of touch in the legs and feet, and this deficiency may also result in yellow and blue color blindness from optic neuropathy.
The report quoted Dr. Monica Wasserman as saying: “Although yellow and blue color blindness due to vitamin B12 deficiency is rare, the truth is that insufficient vitamin B12 levels in the body can lead to damage to the optic nerve, affecting how the brain and eyes communicate. and transmit visual signals, and "the impairment of these parts can lead to blurry vision and distortion in shades of different colors."
The doctor added that eating foods or nutritional supplements that increase vitamin B12 levels in the body can help repair the optic nerve and not cause color blindness, and the dose of nutritional supplements is according to the doctor's prescription according to the patient's condition.
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