Galactosemia-Christian

Galactosemia **Description: ** Galactosemia is a disorder affects the body to break down food sugar. GALT is missing in the body of Galosemia people that makes it break down the food sugar but the galactose converts into glucose without this it could have a danger amount of galactose in the blood**.** **Inheritance: ** Galactosemia is inherited by a mild of the disorder when the other gene has had galactose metabolism. **Punnett Square: **

**Symptoms: ** Galactosemia symptoms are kidney failure, an enlarged liver, cataracts, poor growth, and mental retardation. media type="custom" key="9656722" align="center" **Treatments: **

Galactosemia is treated through dietary restrictions and stay away from foods and drinks containing galactose as in milk and cheese and legumes. **Interesting Fact: ** Galactosemia was discovered in 1908 by von ruess. Galactosemia affects 1 of 55,000 newborns **Support Groups: ** American Liver Foundation and Parents of Galastose mic. Children


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