Patient's question:
My baby is quite chubby and has been eating well. But in the past two days, my baby has refused food, vomited, had seizures, and experienced respiratory distress, which scared me to death. The check-up revealed that the child has a hereditary metabolic disease. What are the symptoms of this disease?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal hypoglycemia may be caused by certain components in human food intake, or due to insufficient metabolism within the body to maintain blood sugar levels, or a combination of both factors. When neonates experience hypoglycemia after feeding, the effect of glucose supplementation is not significant, or accompanied by severe metabolic disorders such as ketone toxicity, or occurs frequently, which may suggest the possibility of hereditary metabolic defects.