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Pernicious Anaemia: the Forgotten Disease: The Causes and Consequences of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Martyn Hooper
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Description for Pernicious Anaemia: the Forgotten Disease: The Causes and Consequences of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Paperback. Martyn Hooper, the founder of the Pernicious Anaemia Society, brings together vital information about vitamin B12 deficiency and pernicious anaemia together with real-life stories, that will help sufferers and their friends and families recognize the condition and understand how best to tackle it. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
This book could save you years of ill health! Vitamin B12 deficiency, often caused by pernicious anaemia, can be a devastating condition if left untreated, leading to irreversible nerve damage and disability after years of exhaustion and mental 'fog'. Its symptoms creep up on sufferers and are under-recognized by doctors; tests to confirm it and underlying pernicious anaemia, are problematic. Martyn Hooper, the founder of the Pernicious Anaemia Society, now brings together vital information about the condition and real-life stories - including his own and those of many members of the Society - that will help sufferers and their friends ... Read more
This book could save you years of ill health! Vitamin B12 deficiency, often caused by pernicious anaemia, can be a devastating condition if left untreated, leading to irreversible nerve damage and disability after years of exhaustion and mental 'fog'. Its symptoms creep up on sufferers and are under-recognized by doctors; tests to confirm it and underlying pernicious anaemia, are problematic. Martyn Hooper, the founder of the Pernicious Anaemia Society, now brings together vital information about the condition and real-life stories - including his own and those of many members of the Society - that will help sufferers and their friends ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hammersmith Health Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
288g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781610046
SKU
V9781781610046
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Ref
99-3
About Martyn Hooper
Martyn Hooper founded the Pernicious Anaemia Society after being forced to give up full time work as a lecturer in Further Education owing to the long term effects of undiagnosed pernicious anaemia and vitamin B12 deficiency. He now runs the Society full time, and campaigns for improvements in diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.
Reviews for Pernicious Anaemia: the Forgotten Disease: The Causes and Consequences of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
"'This book is to be warmly welcomed. It is a vivid and very well-written account of a 'hidden chapter' in medicine that ought to be widely known among the public at large, among policy-makers, and among medical professionals. A major reappraisal of how we define, diagnose and treat B12-deficiency is needed, and this book is a trail-blazer for this mission.' ... Read more