My story is below and I found out about Urea Cycle Disorders and I wanted to tell you about my twenty five year old fiancé. From what I understand, Baylor University, the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and a university in California have all been involved in studying cultures provided by Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix for Joseph Patrick Phillips. Would you please help me to crusade against it happening to others. Your reply would be deeply appreciated. Read the rest of this entry
Posts Tagged ‘Inherited Metabolic Disorders’
Urea Cycle Disorders – The hidden danger
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Tags: Inherited Metabolic Disorders, metabolic, metabolic disorder, urea cycle disorders
PKU – What it means for my son
Friday, January 30th, 2009Birthday cake, a hot dog, even a McDonald’s Happy Meal are all off limits to our six-year-old son James.
James doesn’t have food allergies, though. He suffers from PKU, which drastically limits his diet for the rest of his life. PKU means James’ body can’t metabolize phenylalanine, one of the building blocks of protein.
Tags: Inherited Metabolic Disorders, metabolic disorder, PKU and Children, Thoughts on PKU
Scottish IMD day- Crieff Hydro Hotel 22/11/08
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008The beautiful Crieff Hydro Hotel was the location for what was hopefully the first of many meetings specifically aimed at people with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD) as well as their parents and carers. This meeting was to give people who live in Scotland, a chance to meet others who are similarly affected by IMD’s and Nutricia was delighted to support this event.
Tags: Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Low Protein, metabolic, metabolic awareness
Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Inherited Metabolic Disorders are rare but there are over 1000 known types. Such disorders are treatable with special diets (in some cases drug therapy may also be used).
Tags: Add new tag, Inherited Metabolic Disorders, metabolic awareness, PKU