1,2 Serum vitamin B 12 levels may be artificially elevated in patients with alcoholism, liver disease, or cancer because of decreased hepatic clearance of transport proteins and resultant higher circulating levels of vitamin B 12
Glutathione works as a powerful antioxidant by neutralizing free radicals and protecting cells from oxidative damage
A third group have systematic or widespread symptoms characterized by the presence of widespread pain 26 (significant non-urologic pain outside the pelvis), COPC (e.g., fibromyalgia, IBS), 25 widespread psychosocial difficulties (e.g., anxiety, depression, higher levels of current and lifetime stress, early life and adult traumatic events, negative affect, poor illness coping), 36 or poly-symptomatic, poly-syndromic(PSPS) presentation with widespread somatic symptoms across multiple organ systems
Katie Rizzone, a sports-medicine specialist at the University of Rochester