PHENYLKETONURIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Symptoms
• Pregnant Woman
• Causes
• Testing
• Treatment

TABLE OF CONTENTS CONT.

• History
• Facts

WHAT IS PKU

SYMPTOMS

SYMPTOMS

• Mental retardation
• Seizures,tremors, jerking
• Small head
• Musty odor
• Fair skin blue eyes

PREGNANT WOMAN WITH PKU

• Not usually passed down
• Babys have a higher risk for pku symptoms

CAUSES

• Genetic mutattiom
• Deffective gene is the one that makes the enzyme needed
• Dangerous build up of amino acid
• Both mother and father need to have it to pass it dowm

TESTING

TREATMENT

TREATMENT

• Diet Change
• Less protien

FACTS

• 1 in 10,000 born with it every year
• 1 in 50 americans are carriers

HISTORY