Elevated Pyruvates?

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Hi -

My daughter (almost 7) has had many, many blood tests done by our

geneticist, but all have been normal, except her pyruvates are

consistently elevated. They were .08 under normal circustances (.07 is

the high normal). They redid the blood and urine tests when she had a

fever over 101, and her pyruvates were 1.4!

They suspected her of having pyruvate dehydrogenase, but that test was

negative (thankfully). I read somewhere that mercury can inhibit the

pyruvate dehydrogenase process. Is it possible that mercury is to

blame for elevated pyruvates (her L/P ratio was the high side of

normal, but still normal both times.) We have been to a DAN dr. since,

and we have our follow up on Monday, and we will get the results of all

of that blood work. He did not do a hair analysis of any kind yet. I

was wondering if anyone on this board knew of or has experience with

elevated pyruvates.

Thanks!

Wendi Piper