Phenylketonuria

What does phenylketonuria means? In the madicine dictionary it says " in other words this decise is a rare condition in which babys are born withouth the ability of process amino acids or proteins called phenylalanine. Phenylketonuria also known as PKU or neonatural phenylketonuria, is a genetic disorder in witch the body cant process parts of the proteins that are called phenylalanine (Phe). almost all the things we eat have phe. if the body dont procees the Phe and the person has a high level of it, it could cause several brain damage and mental retardation. in the USA is oblogatory for all new borns to make exames of PKU, with tha t is esay to know f the baby has PKU and if the baby has it it could be teated.
 * [|Phenylketonuria]:** The inherited inability to metabolize (process) the essential amino acid phenylalanine due to complete or near-complete deficiency of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase."
 * Other ways to say it:**
 * Deficiency Disease, Phenylalanine Hydroxylase
 * Folling Disease
 * Folling's Disease
 * Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency Disease
 * PAH Deficiency
 * PKU

The most efective treatment of PKU is the diet of low protein food, for the knew borns there is a special formula. the rest of the people only eat a lot of friuts and vegtables or maybe in some cases low protein breads or cereals. this diet has to continue for all their lives if they want to live healthy. 1. [|Phenylketonuria on MedlinePlus] Phenylkonuria or PKU video media type="youtube" key="hpaki7F4HR0" width="280" height="201" 1)My PKU Life -The occurrence of PKU varies among ethnic groups and geographic regions worldwide. In the United States, PKU occurs in 1 in 10,000 to 15,000 newborns. Most cases of PKU are detected shortly after birth by [|newborn screening], and treatment is started promptly. As a result, the severe signs and symptoms of classic PKU are rarely seen. -Mutations in the PAH gene cause phenylketonuria. -
 * phenylkenuria causes**
 * phenylkenuria synthoms**

What are the symptoms of PKU?
The signs and symptoms of PKU vary from mild to severe. The most severe form of this disorder is known as classic PKU.
 * litle kids do not suffer or dont have any synthoms when until they are a few months old.
 * without any treatment little kid wold suffer brain damage and become mentaly retardet.
 * tUntretheir body do not absorve the proteins they have to absorve so they can survive.
 * the kid that have PKU have light skin and blue eyes and their hair changes of colors to.

ists more probable that the mother passes the diseas to the litle kid than if the father is a carrier when the kid is born it has a low weigth.
 * kids can also have heart problems if the mother is the carrier.

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 * treatment**

the main treatment of PKU is a low proteins diet because that is what comntains the phenylalanine. a few centuries ago the doctors thought that if the people that suffer PKU stop the diet in adolecents the person that suffers of it would be ok but then they saw that the brain was damaged when the proteins were eaten. the diet or treatment change depending the person because some can eat more phenylalanine than others. that depends on the diet that the doctora give to the person he is the one who has to control all of that with the amount of phenylalanine the pacient have in their body. Frequent blood tests will monitor PKU levels as they change over time, especially during childhood growth spurts and pregnancy. In general, the idea is to consume only the amount of phenylalanine that's necessary for normal growth and body processes, but no more. whe tyhe operson is getting older the treatment is diferent everytime so it changes durning the evolution or the person and the disice childern and adults cant eat or drink soda or diet soda and medication with many artificial sweeteners, because it realises proteins the human with this diseas can it they have to eat a little amount of low protein food such as:
 * there are some thing they have to avoid its very important they dont eat high protein food. such as:**
 * Milk
 * Eggs
 * Cheese
 * Nuts
 * Soybeans
 * Beans
 * Chicken
 * Steak and other beef products
 * Pork
 * Fish
 * Chocolate candy
 * Peas
 * Beer
 * Fruit
 * Vegetables
 * Desserts
 * PKU medication** now theres a drog named (kuvan) that in some way makes the blod more easy to asbsorve the proteins and the pacient can eat more thins but with danger is still a test drig is not has a 100%of perfection but it works to make test about somethings that can make a great descovery for people that wants to survivd with this desice

1) [|Phenylketonuria on MedlinePlus] 2012/3/8
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