Patient's question:
My friend's 10-year-old girl has been carefully checked and found to be a patient with phenylketonuria. How should it be treated? What should she pay attention to when eating? Is there any medicine she can take? How long will it take to be cured?Doctor's answer:
After birth, screening will be implemented, which is a congenital catabolic metabolic disease. Children with phenylketonuria are usually screened after birth, and the babies are normal. Symptoms typically reappear after the consumption of milk at 3-6 months. Symptoms become apparent by the age of one. Once diagnosed, active treatment should be provided as soon as possible, primarily through dietary treatment. The earlier the treatment begins, the better the outcome.