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Clinical Professionals
Nitrous Oxide Abuse and Nutritional Myeloneuropathy
Explains nitrous oxide abuse cause neurologic injury, kind of problem is caused by nitrous oxide abuse, and neurologic syndrome is caused by copper deficiency in practical NeurotoxNutrition care.
Duration
00:02:50
File size
1.47 MB
Practitioner-Guided Note
Use nitrous oxide exposure and copper deficiency as reversible causes of myeloneuropathy. Check functional B12 markers when serum B12 is deceptively normal.
Key Takeaways
Nitrous oxide chemically inactivates vitamin B-12 and can cause subacute combined degeneration; Serum B-12 can be normal, so methylmalonic acid and homocysteine are important; Copper deficiency can mimic B-12-related myelopathy; Zinc excess can precipitate copper deficiency; Nutritional myeloneuropathy is often reversible if treated early