Maple+Syrup+Urine+Disease-Ashlee+A

Maple Syrup Urine Disease **Description: **This disease brutally affects the way your body breaks down three amino acids which includes leucine, isoleucine, and valine.

**Inheritance: **Maple Syrup Urine Disease can be inherited and is also autosomal.

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**Symptoms: **Symptoms such as…
 * lost of appetite
 * fussiness,
 * sweet smelling urine.

**Diagnosis: **In most of our states at birth within the first 24 hours of the baby’s life a doctor takes a blood sample from the baby’s heal and tests it for high levels of leucine which is a sign of upcoming Maple Syrup Urine Disease.

**Treatment: **Treatment would include dietary restrictions, but if not treated at early stage it could cause brain damage. Otherwise another treatment would be if youyr leucine levels get to high they give you a dose of intravenous through veins or surgery to remove the infected gene.

**Interesting Facts: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">media type="custom" key="9657294"
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">1 out of 180,000 babies are born with MSUD.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">In Pennsylvania 1 out of 176 babies are diagnosed with MSUD.
 * <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%;">There is only one support group for this disease and that is The MSUD Family 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/content/disorders/whataregd/msud/index.html


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