Assertion: vitamin b12 | /r/HasProperty | absorbed
Facets:
value: properly
type: MANNER
value: more readily
type: MANNER
value: from the digestive tract
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Pernicious anemia is an autoimmune disease that attacks and potentially destroys gut cells so that intrinsic factor is not present, which is crucial for vitamin B12 to be absorbed.
text: Most Vitamin B12 is reabsorbed from the digestive tract whereas some are lost through feces.
text: Pernicious anemia is an autoimmune disease that attacks and potentially destroys gut cells so that intrinsic factor is not present, which is crucial for vitamin B12 to be absorbed.
text: Surgeries that affect the stomach where intrinsic factor is made, or the ileum (the last portion of the small intestine) where vitamin B12 is absorbed, can increase the risk of a deficiency.
text: It releases free folate from its bound form so it can be absorbed, and it helps in the transportation and storage of folate.
text: Vitamin B12 is more readily absorbed when the stomach is acidic.
text: Another test, the Schilling test, is used to asses whether vitamin B12 is absorbed properly.
text: However, you cannot absorb it directly as it is produced in the colon, already past the small intestine, where vitamin B12 is absorbed.
text: (Intrinsic factor is made by cells in the lining of the stomach and is needed for vitamin B12 to be absorbed.)
text: Some diseases that affect the end of the small intestine where vitamin B12 is absorbed may affect the absorption of the vitamin - for example, Crohn's disease.
text: If vitamin B12 is absorbed only when given with intrinsic factor, the diagnosis of pernicious anemia is confirmed.