How You Get PKU
Diagnosis
Symptoms
Treatment
Diet Plan
100
PKU is an inherited disorder (true/false)
What is true?
100
One to two days
How long after birth is an infant tested for PKU?
100
Skin rashes
What is eczema?
100
Milk, nuts, fish, eggs, soybeans
What are 5 foods to avoid?
100
Any part of a plant such as roots, leaves, or stems that are consumed by humans as a food.
What is a vegetable?
200
PKU increases the levels of this substance in your body
What is phenylalanine?
200
Heel of the baby's foot
What part of the body is used for PKU testing?
200
Intellectual disability
What is mental retardation?
200
There isn't one.
What is a cure for PKU?
200
The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plants that contains seeds and can be eaten as foods.
What is a fruit?
300
A building block of proteins
What is the function of phenylalanine?
300
PKU can be diagnosed in the womb (true/false)
What is false?
300
Increased movement, impulsive actions, shorter attention span and being easily distracted
What is hyperactivity?
300
The amino acid that doesn't get broken down and causes PKU
What is phenylalanine?
300
Liquid obtained from or present in fruit or vegetables.
What is a juice?
400
Obtained through the diet and is in your blood
How does phenylalanine get into the body?
400
A needle and lancet
What objects are used to test for PKU?
400
Causes person to have fair skin and blue eyes
What is melanin deficiency?
400
Infants can be breastfed with Phenylketonuria (true/false)
What is false?
400
Foods that contain low levels of phenylalanine the amino acid obtained through diet.
What are low protein foods?
500
Proteins for phenylalanine can be found in artificial sweeteners (true/false)
What is true?
500
Involves taking a sample of blood and analyzing it for the presence of the enzyme needed break down phenylalanine
What is the process for PKU testing?
500
Abnormally small head
What is microcephaly?
500
Sodium, protein and calcium
What are nutrients people with PKU need to avoid high levels of?
500
Phenylalanine free formula taken as a nutritional supplement that provides protein to persons with pku
What is pku formula?
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