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Originally Posted by ElsaMars
This is a good question to which I do not know the answer. If I wrote me Doctor, would you except he would have this information? Or would I need to request a special blood draw?
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Probably the latter. They usually don't look at the homocysteine levels.
If your B12 and/or B9/folate intake is too low, it causes a large homocysteine concentration as well, so that has to be ruled out as the cause.
If you don't have enough (methyl)B12, homocysteine levels will be high regardless of your folate intake.
I'd suggest you request a test for homocysteine (together with at least B12 and B9). But maybe they've done so already, so you may want to ask that first, of course.