However, elevated homocysteine is generally known. to be a modiï¬able risk factor due to the involvement of vitamin. B12 and folate in the transmethylation to methionine. Correct. supplementation with these vitamins can restore homocysteine to. an appropriate level in most cases.
Email. Bed sores commonly known as pressure sores, skin ulcers or decubitus are cuts, lesions or swelling caused due to prolonged pressure on any part of body and usually affect parts of the body over bony areas.
Synonym: bed sore decubitus ulcer pressure sore See: Norton scale for table. The most common sites of skin breakdown are over bony prominences (the sacrum and the trochanters, the heels, the lateral malleoli and also the shoulder blades, ischial tuberosities, occiput, ear lobes, elbows, and iliac crests).