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Maple Syrup Urine Disease
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It affects the way the body breaks down acids including leucine, isoleucine and valine. Out of six Proteins one of them increases and it grows dangerously high and could kill or degenerate brain cells or it can cause death if it is left unattended.


 * Inheritance: **

To inherit this disease you must acquire a defective copy of the gene from your parent. It is an autosomal recessive pattern and not sex linked. If both of the parents carry the MSUD gene the child will have about a 25% chance of acquiring the disease and a 50% chance of becoming a carrier of MSUD.


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 * Symptoms: **

Within 3 or 4 days after a child is born is when you can see the symptoms of MSUD. It includes loss of appetite, fussiness, and sweet smelling urine.


 * Diagnosis: **

The babies are screened for the disease around 24 hours after birth. Doctors take a blood sample and the babies are analyzed for high leucine levels.


 * Treatment: **

The babies must eat a special formula that does not have the specific amino acid in them. When they grow up they must watch their diets of high protein foods.

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 * Support Groups: **

One of the MSUD support groups are “The MSUD Family support group.”


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<span style="font-family: Times,serif;">[|www.msud-support.org/] <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">[] [] []


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