Three Case Reports to Illustrate Clinical Applications in the Use of Erythrocyte Transketolase
J.K. This 72-year-old woman was first seen because of ‘flu-like’ symptoms that occurred every 2 weeks after square dancing. She would feel chilled, experience nausea and become unusually fatigued. Low-grade fever would last about 4 days. She would feel well again until after the next session of dancing. She reported recurrent sinus infections that had occurred over a number of years, each being treated with an antibiotic.\nLaboratory studies are shown in before and after 2 months of nutrient therapy. Dietary counseling and supplementation correlated with clinical improvement. Supplements included a multivitamin as a nutritional foundation, up to 3 g of ascorbic acid, depending on bowel tolerance, 240 mg EPA, 60 mg GLA, B complex with 50 mg additional pyridox-5-phosphate, 270 mg magnesium and 270 mg of potassium as magnesium/potassium/aspartate and 150 mg TFFD.