Phenylketonuria

A 13-year-old male is brought to his pediatrician for evaluation. The parents are concerned after the patient’s swim coach noticed that the patient’s chest “does not look normal.” Upon questioning, the patient has no particular complaints. However, during a review of systems, he admits to some recent blurring of his vision, requiring him to sit in the front of his classes. On exam, he is noted to have a tall stature with long limbs. He is able to hyperextend the elbows and can flex his fingers…

IDEA Definition Intellectual disabilities are defined in IDEA as “significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance” (Heward, 2013, p. 124). Causation Intellectual disabilities can effect a child’s brain development at anytime. Problems could arise prenatal, perinatal, or even postnatal. Causes are categorized into biomedical,…

Newborn Screening: Complexities in Universal Genetic Testing by Nancy S. Green, Siobhan M. Dolan, and Thomas H. Murray analyzes challenges go through the consideration of three disorders: phenylketonuria, medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, and cystic fibrosis. This is relevant towards my paper since my paper describes the physical health effects of genetics screening on newborns and there are physical health effects of genetics screening mentioned in this article such as early…

Food and Drug Administration FDA, http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm397711.htm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency that regulates food and supplements as well many more items. The FDA, provides an online website that provides information on numerous topics, like for example artificial sweeteners. With the help of the FDA, there is information provided to us the public. Through this website we know what artificial sweeteners are and if they are safe. There is a…

to problems such as memory, weight gain and brain lesions in those subjected to their ingestion (Spatial, 1). Phenylalanine itself can be dangerous prenatally from its active movement across the placenta and postnatally concerning those with phenylketonuria. This disorder makes the children unable to metabolize phenylalanine properly and causing a buildup that can be so disastrous as to cause mental retardation (Spatial, 1). Acute phenyl=higher blood…

Diet sodas, cereals, sugar-free cough drops all have something in common—they contain aspartame. Discovered in 1965 by James. M. Schlatter, aspartame is the most common and popular food additive in the United States, making it the most consumed sweetener . This ingredient is 200 times sweeter than regular sugar, allowing people to use less of the product, which makes aspartame a low calorie sweetener . Consequently, aspartame is found in reduced calorie foods and used as a sugar free sweetener…

moral and ethical implications posed by the growing availability of predictive genetic tests. Diagnostic, and carrier predictive testing can determine not only mental illnesses, but other life-threatening conditions like sickle cell disease, phenylketonuria, cystic fibrosis, breast cancer, Down’s syndrome, and…

Advances in understanding the causes of genetic diseases ushered in the need to diagnose and treat these diseases in order to benefit the population affected. In order to identify these genetic predispositions, genetic tests have to be done through laboratory methods. There are currently seven methods of genetic testing: diagnostic testing, predictive and pre-symptomatic genetic tests, carrier testing, prenatal testing, newborn screening, pharmacogenomic testing, and research genetic testing.…

of the top drugs to cause mostly due to the fact that if you are already epileptic an anxiety attack can cause a seizure. High fever and heat illness, aka heat intolerance, can trigger seizures also. Many people do not know exactly what PKU, Phenylketonuria (an inherited ability to metabolize phenylalanine), is; but due to the fact that it causes brain and nerve damage is left untreated or caught too late, it can cause severe seizures. Another thing that can cause a seizure is, unfortunately,…

Carbonated Water water with carbon dioxide, which is a colorless, odorless glass that creates the bubbles characteristic of carbonated drinks. Carbonated water can help speed digestion, which is part of the reason why many people sip soft drinks for relief from stomach aches. DISAD/ SIDE EFFECT 3. Increase the risk of diabetes The high levels of sugar in soda can increase risk of diabetes. 4.Soda can cause osteoporosis( bone loss), damage teeth, kidney damage People who drink soda are at…