Patient's question:
The baby has always been very good, and everything is normal, including feeding. The past two days, it has already started to show restraint every time it's time to change the diaper, looking like it doesn't want to eat. Even after eating, it still spits up milk. The baby's nap time has also increased compared to before, sometimes it seems like the whole day is spent napping, and it can even skip feeding. It doesn't eat much and still experiences symptoms of diarrhea. When taken to the hospital for a thorough check-up, the doctor diagnosed it as galactosemia. What are the dangers of galactosemia?Doctor's answer:
Galactosemia most children appear after several days of birth, due to lactation or artificial feeding of cow's milk containing galactose, again refuse to breastfeed, dry vomiting, nausea, nausea and vomiting, weight gain, hepatomegaly, jaundice, abdominal pain, hypoglycemia, proteinuria and other symptoms, should consider the possibility of galactosemia, need to immediately issue relevant laboratory tests, if detected in time and take corresponding measures, otherwise can rapidly reappear cataracts and mental and physical development disorders.