What is the treatment of vitamin b12 deficiency in pediatrics?
Vitamin B12 requirements for children and adolescents range from 0.4 to 2.4 g per day,6 levels that are often exceeded in the typical Western diet. More than 95 percent of children in the United States consume more than 2.4 g of vitamin B12 daily, according to data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994). The most common reports of paediatric vitamin B12 deficiency due to decreased intake have been in breast-fed infants of mothers who have undiagnosed vitamin B12 deficiency due to strict vegetarian diets. Methycobal is a vitamin B12 supplement that is used to treat vitamin B12 deficiency and megaloblastic anaemia (a blood disorder caused due to deficiency of vitamin B12). Drug description Methylcobal is the most pure form of vitamin B12. Methycobal use is beneficial to the brain and nerves, as well as red blood cell production, development, and neurological function. It is employed in the treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency. It is also occasionally