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Phenylketonuria phenylketonuria is a rare disease that affects the way you break down protien. if doctors do not treat it after birth phenylketonuria can cause many problems. Phenylketonuria is a recessive disorder, if both your parents are carriers then you have a 25 percent chance of getting the disease. the carriers of the disease do not have the symptoms.
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Symptoms of Phenylketonuria include: seizures, they can stop growing, skin rash, body odor, and a small head,
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Phenylketonuria is diagnosed when a newborn baby is being screened by a doctor. The doctor pricks the baby’s hand and collects a few drops of blood. He then tests the baby for Phenylketonuria.

treatment involves a very healthy diet that involves no protien and stay away from artificial sweeteners.
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There is already a cure of the disease but right now scientists are trying to find ways of eliminating the disease for good. They are telling couples who want a baby to get checked for phenylketonuria to see if they are a carrier. If they are a carrier, then doctors are recommending adoption for them. However, if they choose to have a baby then the disease will be easily treated.
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