Galactosemia-Wendy+Narvaez

Wendy Narvaez Galactosemia **Description: **Galactosemia is a disorder that affects the body’s ability to break down food sugar, which is called Galactose. Galactose is in milk and other dairy products.

**Inheritance: **this disease is inherited if a child inherits one defective gene from each parent.

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**Symptoms: **The symptoms you can get from Galactosemia are: pour growth, kidney failure, mental retardation, an enlarged liver, and cataracts.

**Diagnosis: **this disease is diagnosed by being tested after birthday

**Treatment: **Galactosemia is only treated by dietary restrictions.

**Interesting Facts: ** Galactosemia was first discovered in 1908 by the physician Von Ruess. Classical Galactosemia affects 1 in every 55,000 newborns.


 * <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%;">Parents of Galactosemic Children


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sources: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/galactosemia/index.html


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