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We are giving our 11 year old daughter B12 injections and she says they are making her leg hurt. Not just where the injection is, but making it hurt to walk. This also happened when we gave her B12 orally.
I told her LLMD this and he said this is not a usual occurrence and we should keep giving them. I know she must be B12 deficient because she is a vegetarian that can't have dairy. She used to eat 1 - 2 eggs daily, but isn't even doing that now.
Has anyone else had this happen?
I trust this LLMD as much as I can trust a doctor, at this point, but I am bothered by her reaction to this.
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I think the patient knows better than a doc! The doc is not receiving the needle.
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I have googled it and on one site it comes up as a rare, serious side effect - ask your doctor. Her doctor is not concerned. Most of the time, it is mentioned as what can happen from lack of B12.
It is especially puzzling since a single B12 under her tongue did the same thing.
I was hoping someone here knew what it meant or had it happen.
I know lack of B12 can be serious also and she is at risk of that, based on her diet. She will not consider eating meat.
We have a natural health type pharmacy nearby. I will call them to see what they say.
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Methyl b12 can detox, I wonder if she is experiencing that.
Are you rotating the shot areas? They can be given in either thigh or deltoid muscle in the upper arm. I always grab the area to push out extra muscle and then inject, it hurts less, a nurse taught me that.
But, I have noticed that needles ingeneral over time, blood tests, etc., after awhile can cause pain flares throughout my body.
You may also want to use a smaller needle if possible ask her doctor if that is possible.
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Yes, the shot can be given elsewhere. ANd it can be subcutaneous, that is a needle that doesn't go that deep. You want to make sure that if you do give it in the butt, that you are in the upper, outer quadrant to avoid the sciatic nerve.
But, if she gets the same reaction to it orally, it's a different issue---it may be chelating out heavy metals, like mercury.
The other issue is, she may be killing herself slowly with her diet!! How old is she? If she isn't willing to consider any animal protein at all, she may look forward to a life of increasing ill health and pain.
Sorry to be blunt, but as a practitioner of many decades, I have seen it plenty. It's not more moral to be vegetarian when you are ill and/or dying.
Sorry, I just saw her age---considering that, I think you owe it to her to bring some parental pressure to bear---gently, on the diet issue. She's too young to be able to make this decision in a totally informed way. This is vital for her health! Start slowly.
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I am aware of the problems with her diet. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to force feed her yet.
Her LLMD wants her to start eating home made beef broth. We are working on this, but it is slow going.
We are working on getting her to eat eggs again. She says they might make her feel worse. She does have gluten and casein intolerance so it is possible she has also developed a problem with eggs. I hate to just ignore her when she says eggs make her feel worse.
The needle is tiny and doesn't hurt. I have done it on myself. Her doctor and the pharmacist told me that some parents give the shot to their kids in their sleep and they don't wake up.
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Sorry your daughter is in pain.
I hope you get some answers soon and she feels better.
Sorry I do not have any information to help.
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can you do the opposite leg and see if she gets pain in that leg or it stays in the original leg.
b12 can sting- maybe is it the stinging?
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I checked with the pharmacist today. She said she has never heard of this being a problem. She said they do B12 shots all the time at the pharmacy and she sometimes feels a sensation moving down her arm afterwards. We are thinking this must be what my daughter is feeling.
I have tried both legs. I am going to try her arm tomorrow to see if she feels it in her arm then.
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I had significant pain from these shots and stopped. Though I had a muscle biopsy in that leg months beforehand.
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Seek, did you try other places?
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Must you give them in a muscle?
I had methylcobalamin B-12 to be given subcutaneously - fatty areas.
The best place was in the rear, had to have someone else do it for me.
LLMD suggested the stomach, but that never worked for me - too squeamish, and not that fatty!
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Maybe I'll try her rear. We did do it there before, but then she started giving them to herself.
She is very skinny, but I pinch up some skin and do it there. I've gone back to giving them because she has such a tremor.
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quote:Originally posted by jkmom: [QB] I have googled it and on one site it comes up as a rare, serious side effect - ask your doctor. Her doctor is not concerned.
That's scary!
I use my upper thigh (side) and my arm. I rotate arms.
Maybe she is very sensitive to pain?
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