Pernicious Anemia: Borderline Labs for Intrinsic Factor Abs/Anti-parietal Cell Antibody

Help with labs

As you can see from my labs, I am borderline of being diagnosed with pernicious anemia. My doctor didn't say I do, but he said I don't create B12. I responded by saying I was on the borderline of the intrinsic factor Abs and anti-parietal cell antibody, but he said it could not be effective enough. I don't have all of the hematology most people ask for because I'm limited by my insurance, but I have some results I got over a year ago; see labs.

Also, I've had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy, which came back normal.

Do I have pernicious anemia? Do I need to see a specialist? If so, who?

Labs:

5/23/23
B12 181 pg/mL
Folate 8.8 ng/mL
11/01/23
Vitamin D 4.3 ng/mL
Vitamin B12 217 pg/mL
11/13/23
Antiparietal cell antibody 22.7
Intrinsic Factor Blocking AB_ Negative
7/28/24
Vitamin B12 466 pg/ml
Folate 9.5 ng/mL
Vitamin D 19.9 ng/mL
11/05/23
Antiparietal cell antibody 21.1
Intrinsic Factor Blocking AB_ 1.0 ( normal range 0.0-1.1)
Vitamin B12 524 pg/mL)
Folate 11.3 ng/mL
Vitamin D 19.4 ng/mL

Posted Nov 10, 2024, 11:50 PM UTC

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