What is Phenylketonuria?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder in which the body can't process part of a protein called phenylalanine (Phe). Phe is in almost all foods. If the Phe level gets too high, it can damage the brain and cause severe mental retardation. All babies born in U.S. hospitals must now have a screening test for PKU. This makes it easier to diagnose and treat the problem early.
The best treatment for PKU is a diet of low-protein foods. There are special formulas for newborns. For older children and adults, the diet includes many fruits and vegetables. It also includes some low-protein breads, pastas and cereals. Nutritional formulas provide the vitamins and minerals they can't get from their food.
Babies who get on this special diet soon after they are born develop normally. Many have no symptoms of PKU. It is important that they stay on the diet for the rest of their lives.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Related Phenylketonuria Images and Links
Phenylketonuria - PubMed Health - National Center for ... Causes, incidence, and risk factors. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is inherited, which means it is passed down through families. Both parents must pass on the ... Read More
Phenylketonuria: MedlinePlus Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder in which the body can't process part of a protein called phenylalanine (Phe). Phe is in almost all foods. If the Phe level ... Read More
Phenylketonuria: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare condition in which a baby is born without the ability to properly break down an amino acid called phenylalanine. Causes ... Read More
Phenylketonuria - Genetics Home Reference Phenylketonuria (commonly known as PKU) is an inherited disorder that increases the levels of a substance called phenylalanine in the blood. Phenylalanine ... Read More
Phenylketonuria: An Inborn Error of Phenylalanine Metabolism 1 Department of Core Clinical Pathology & Biochemistry, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA 6847 Read More
Phenylketonuria - NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) A US Department of Health and Human Service project providing information on genetic and rare diseases. A comprehensive body of resources on Phenylketonuria Read More
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - NICHD - The Eunice Kennedy Shriver ... Phenylketonuria (pronounced fee-nill-key-toe-NURR-ee-uh) or PKU is an inherited disorder of metabolism that can cause intellectual and developmental ... Read More
Phenylketonuria - Genes and Disease - NCBI Bookshelf NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. National Center for Biotechnology Information (US). Read More
Nutritional Management of Phenylketonuria Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by deficient activity of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase, needed to convert the essential amino acid (AA) phenylalanine (phe) to ... Read More
Phenylketonuria: Old disease, new approach to treatment If one were to construct a fantasy about a human genetic disease for which all is known and a cure available, phenylketonuria (PKU) is likely to come to mind. Read More
Share Your Thoughts, Discuss with other Patients:
Additional Phenylketonuria Resources and Links
Yahoo! Answers: Search for
Yahoo! Answers: Search for
-
Resolved Question: Double check my English paper?
(Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:45:52 GMT)
Let me know if I made any grammar mistakes, spelling mistakes, or if you have any suggestions to help. We were assigned the first couple of paragraphs on a research paper.
Suppose you check your email and find a message saying that a dangerous chemical found in diet sodas is causing multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. The email further suggests that this deadly substance is the case of the ‘Gulf War Syndrome.’ This terrifying poison is called aspartame and is used as an artificial sw
-
Resolved Question: healthy living home work help?
(Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:22:06 GMT)
i have some homework due tonight and somebody stole my book so any help is appreciated,i will even paypal somebody a little something bc i have no access to the book in such little time
1)Jen and Eric are both carriers of sickle cell disease, an autosomal recessive disorder. Their newborn baby has a _____ percent chance of developing the disease
a)100 b)25 c)50 d) 75
2) Which type of genetic testing is used when an asymptomatic individual has a family history of a disorder with a genetic a
-
Resolved Question: LGBT: Where do you mainly T R O L L or Lurk?
(Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:07:55 GMT)
*I spaced troll because I asked this once before and it was deleted within minutes. So maybe the Y!A monkey robots won't be able to distinguish the words and spacing this time...lets hope
Anyways, are you mainly in LGBT? Or do you lurk elsewhere?
I'm an R&S regular but I usually waltz on over here and I think I should be in Medicine and Health care but there are some stupid questions over there like "How do you apply a band-aid?" But I do get good ones like those dealing with Phenylketonuria
-
Resolved Question: What makes Aspartame so bad for your health?
(Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:45:20 GMT)
I can't find anything other those with phenylketonuria? Why does everyone scream it's terrible for your health?
-
Resolved Question: is it safe to drink diet soda or anything containing aspartame or any other artificalsweetners while pregnant?
(Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:51:03 GMT)
i asked this question just a couple days ago and everyone who answered said that they read or heard that it was bad for u to use anything containing aspartame/sweetners while pregnant. funny, i got this email today from babyfit.com. thought other pregnant women might want to read...
Discuss the use of low-calorie sweeteners with your health care provider, especially if you are diabetic or need to control calorie intake. The following low-calorie sweeteners have been approved by the Food and D
-
Resolved Question: what can you say about newborn screening? i need your different reactions.. please help me?
(Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:05:24 GMT)
Newborn screening is the process of testing newborn babies for treatable genetic, endocrinologic, metabolic and hematologic diseases. Robert Guthrie is given much of the credit for pioneering the earliest screening for phenylketonuria in the late 1960s using blood samples on filter paper obtained by pricking a newborn baby's heel on the second day of life to get a few drops of blood. In the United States and Canada, there were few federally sponsored government health programs in the 1960s and
-
Resolved Question: please help with this bio problem!!!?
(Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:47:26 GMT)
ok i know i should do all my hw myself but i dont know where to even start!!! please help!!!!
1st one
your teamat the national institutes of health is working on a gene therapy treatment for the delta F508 mutation in a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene. using an adeno-associated virus as the vector, describe the procedures your group will employ to prepare for and successfully deliver a healthy gene to cells of the affected tissue
k here is the next one
your hot s
Phenylketonuria
