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.
Pressure sores may also result from friction caused by your skin rubbing against another surface, or when two layers of skin slide on each other, moving in opposite directions and causing damage to the underlying tissue. This may happen if you are transferred from a bed to a stretcher, or if you slide down in a chair.