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Galactosemia **Description: **A rare disorder that affects the body’s ability to break down a food sugar called galactose (found in dairy) **Inheritance: **The classic galactosemia is a common disorder for people. It is normally passed down by a recessive trait, or what we call a autosomal recessive pattern. To get this disorder, you have to inherit at least one defective gene from each parent.\ **Punnett Square: **  **Symptoms: ** The way the body builds up with this disease can cause many severe symptoms such as; kidney failure, enlarged liver, cataracts(clouding of eye lens), poor growth, and mental retardation. **Diagnosis: ** In some states, babies are tested for galactosemia at birth. While doing that to every pregnancy, using just a tiny blood sample taken from the baby’s heel, the test checks for low levels of the GALT enzyme. This allows the prompt treatment which can lead to symptoms of the disorder. **Treatment: ** The only way to treat galactosemia is to prevent to eat or drink any dairy products. People with this disorder must also stay away from galactose including milk, cheese, and legumes. **Interesting Facts: ** media type="custom" key="9660126"
 * Galactosemia was discovered in 1908 by the physician Von Ruess.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Classical galactosemia affects 1 in every 55,000 newborns.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Normally, when a person buys a product that contains lactose (milk, etc.), the body breaks the lactose down into galactose and glucose.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">There are actually some tests that do NOT test for galactosemia.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">-Parents of galactosemic children.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Support Groups: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">-Dailystrength.org

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