Maple+syrup+urine+disease-Matt+Branco


 * Description: **Deadly disorder that affects the way the body breaks down amino, acids, leucine, isoleucine and valine.

**I ****nheritance: **MSUD is an autosomal recessive pattern. For someone to get this disease he or she has to get a defective copy from the parent. The child has a 25% chance of getting this disease if both parents carry it. However they have a 50% chance to be a carrier.

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**Symptoms: **Within 3-4 days of birth symptoms appear. This includes loss of appetite, fussiness, and sweet smelling urine. If this disease is untreated the baby will have seizures, go into a coma and in the first few years of life.

**Diagnosis: **Babies are screened within 24 hours of birth. A blood sample is taken from the heel and analyzed.

**Treatment: **treatment must begin early to prevent brain damage. Babies have to eat a special formula that does not contain acids, isoleucine, and valine. During adult hood people must watch what they eat.

**Interesting Facts:(Type heading in word and the interesting facts, insert voki later ** The daily life of a person with MSUD has to watch what they eat. This deaises must be treated within the first few years of life.This disease is only diagnosed in 1 out of 180000 babies. However in dencer populations like Pennsylvania as many as 1 out of 176 babies have MSUD. media type="custom" key="9659150" <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Support ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Groups: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">The MSUD support group.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sources: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; line-height: 115%;">[|Http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd/]
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