Vitamin B12 deficiency is common worldwide and can increase the risk of heart disease by raising levels of homocysteine in the blood. Symptoms of severe B12 deficiency include tingling in hands and feet, memory loss, anxiety, and difficulty breathing. Risk factors for heart disease include smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, poor diet, lack of exercise, and obesity. A B12 deficiency can lead to nerve damage and heart disease can lead to heart attacks or strokes. Maintaining a healthy diet with foods like liver, fish, meat, dairy and fortified cereals along with exercise and not smoking can help reduce the risk of heart disease.

1. B12 AND HEART
DISEASE (HOMOCYSTEINE)

2. BACKGROUND-DEFINITION
Vitamin B12 is an important nutrient that regulates various body functions, and
statistics indicate that vitamin B12 is one of the most common forms of vitamin
deficiency worldwide, and vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that maintains healthy
blood and nerve cells and facilitates DNA production. We recognize warning signs of
a severely low level of vitamin B12, according to the "Times of India" website
.Since our bodies do not produce vitamin B12 naturally, it is only
possible to obtain it through certain foods, some of which are found in
animal products and seafood.

3. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEALTH CONDITION.

4. PREVALENCE
•
There are around 7.6 million
people living with heart and
circulatory diseases in the
UK - an ageing and growing
population and improved
survival rates from heart and
circulatory events could see
these numbers rise still
further.

5. MORTALITY
•
CHD is responsible for around 66,000 deaths in the
UK each year, an average of 180 people each day,
or one death around every eight minutes.

6. SYMPTOMS OF A SEVERELY LOW VITAMIN
B12 LEVEL RELATED TO HEART DISEASE

7. Changes in the texture
of the tongue
Sensation of tingling
or numbness
ifficulty remembering
things and loss of
memory
feeling very anxious High heart rate and
difficulty breathing

8. RISK FACTORS AND
DETERMINANTS

9. RISK FACTORS AND
DETEMINANTS
•
The risk of certain heart diseases may be increased by smoking, high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, and obesity.

10. HEALTH CONSEQUENCES

11. HEALTH
CONSEQUENCES
• Severe vitamin B12
deficiency can lead to nerve
damage, causing tingling or
numbness in the hands and
feet, muscle weakness, loss of
reflexes, difficulty walking,
confusion, and dementia. ،
Heart disease can lead to Heart
attack, chest pain (angina) or
stroke.

12. COMPLICATIONS
• Complications of heart disease include:Heart failure. This is one of the
most common complications of heart disease. ...Heart attack. A heart
attack may occur if a blood clot is stuck in a blood vessel that goes to
the heart.
• Stroke. ...Aneurysm. ...Peripheral artery disease. ...Sudden cardiac arrest.

13. DIETARY MANAGEMENT

14. HERE THE MOST IMPORTANT
FOOD RICH IN B12
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Animal liver and kidneys
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Sardines
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Beef
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Fortified cereal.
•
tuna fish.
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salmon
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Milk and dairy products
•
eggs

15. PREVENTION AND CONTROL

16. PREVENTION
AND
CONTROL.
•
Eat a healthy,
•
Take B12
•
balanced diet.
•
Be more physically active.
•
Keep to a healthy weight.
•
Give up smoking.
•
Reduce your alcohol consumption.
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Keep your blood pressure under control
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Keep your diabetes under control.
•
Take any prescribed medicine.