Phenylketonuria

Disease is a genetic disease phenylketonuria, error occurs due to chemical changes in the body, resulting in cumulative amphetamine-induced by acid in the blood. If not treated, phenylketonuria disease may cause children\'s brain injury. The incidence of this disease is approximately one-ten thousandth. Generally babies shortly after birth, it should be routine blood tests for phenylketonuria.
　
Symptoms of this disease include: severe learning disability, have a tendency to spasm episodes, a special smell, like a rash of atopic eczema.
　
Normally, children diet vegetarian way, may also have to take nutritional supplements. A number of cases needed medication.
　
Have produced disease phenylketonuria under the baby\'s mother, birth of children with the disease again the probability may be higher, so pregnant women should prenatal checks, once fetal disease phenylketonuria, termination of pregnancy should be considered.
　
After treatment, most for treatment of disease with normal intelligence in children with phenylketonuria. Small number of children with behavioral problems and learning disabilities may occur, we usually suggest to life for a special diet.