Galactosemia
Galactosemia is a recessive disorder which occurs in one in every 60,000 to 80,000 live births and is caused by a deficiency in one of three enzymes that are responsible for metabolizing galactose.
Galactosemia
This is an inherited disorder in which the baby is unable to metabolize galactose, a milk sugar. It is estimated to occur in about one baby in every 30,000 to 60,000 births.
galactosemia - an inherited disorder in which the baby is unable to metabolize galactose, a milk sugar.
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Galactosemia-With this inherited metabolic disorder, a form of sugar called galactose (found in milk products) builds up in the blood because the body cannot make the enzyme that would normally break galactose down.
Galactosemia - A rare inherited disorder in which the baby's body is not able to digest one of the sugars found in breast and cow's milk.
galactosemia ~ a condition where the body is not able to process galactose (a sugar), which makes up half of the sugar (called lactose) found in milk. When galactose levels become high, body organs and the central nervous system can be damaged.
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Some babies may be born with a condition called galactosemia, which means that they are unable to tolerate breast, or any animal, milk because they cannot digest the sugar galactose. A special diet free of lactose and galactose is recommended.
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For Sandi and Seth Hammer, it was a scary introduction to the world of newborn screening. At that time, New Jersey required that infants be tested for just four metabolic disorders -- phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, galactosemia, ...
Other genetic conditions associated with liver cancer include several inborn errors of metabolism such as tyrosinemia, glycogen storage disease type I, galactosemia, and alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Diseases commonly included in this screening are phenylketonuria (PKU), a serious inherited and treatable disease, sickle cell anemia, galactosemia and others.
 See also: Genetic, Diagnosis, Birth Defect, Infection, Genetic disorder
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