Wudi@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWoman died after vegan diet made her delusionalwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down146
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minus-squareiglou@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIf you don’t get any intake of B12, it takes a few years. But there are symptoms before going insane… You need to be completely deaf to your body’s screaming signs to actually die from it.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThe death was suicide. So not directly from B12 deficiency, but from mental illness most likely caused by B12 deficiency.
minus-squareiglou@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYes, I meant to die from it directly or indirectly. It’s not sudden insanity, the symptoms get gradually worse over time, just like most deficiency.
If you don’t get any intake of B12, it takes a few years. But there are symptoms before going insane… You need to be completely deaf to your body’s screaming signs to actually die from it.
The death was suicide. So not directly from B12 deficiency, but from mental illness most likely caused by B12 deficiency.
Yes, I meant to die from it directly or indirectly. It’s not sudden insanity, the symptoms get gradually worse over time, just like most deficiency.