How to treat congenital metabolic diseases in newborns

Many newborns have congenital diseases. For example, congenital metabolic diseases are common diseases that newborns are more likely to suffer from, but many parents are not clear about what kind of disease it is. I don’t even know how to treat this congenital disease. So let’s take a look at how the article introduces how to treat congenital metabolic diseases in newborns.

Generally speaking, children often have a milky smell on their bodies, and some children's urine has a slightly pungent ammonia smell. These are all normal. However, some newborns emit some strange smells, such as rotten cabbage, rotten apples, foot sweat, rat smell, stinky fish and shrimp, cat urine, etc. If your newborn has such an odor, do not ignore it, because these strange odors may be a sign that the newborn has a certain congenital metabolic disease. Congenital metabolic diseases are mostly caused by mutations in genetically related genes, which lead to defects in certain enzymes or structural proteins, causing metabolic disorders of amino acids or organic acids in the body, producing abnormal metabolites, which accumulate in the body of the newborn and are excreted through sweat and urine, emitting various strange odors. For example, people with diabetes can emit a caramel or curry smell; people with phenylketonuria can emit a rat smell; people with methionine malabsorption can emit a hops oven smell; people with hypermethioninemia can emit a boiled cabbage smell or rotten butter smell; people with butyric acid and hexanecarboxylemia can emit a rotten fish or shrimp smell; and people with pyroglutamate can emit a sweaty feet smell, etc. If this type of congenital genetic metabolic disease is not treated in time, it will directly affect the child's normal development, especially intellectual development, and will cause lifelong regrets. If these diseases, such as phenylketonuria, can be detected early and treatment can be started before the brain tissue is seriously damaged, the child can grow up to be as healthy and as smart as a normal child. Neonatal sepsis is a common serious bacterial infection in the neonatal period. It is caused by bacteria invading the blood circulation, growing, multiplying and producing toxins in the blood. The disease has a high morbidity and mortality rate, and it can be cured if active anti-infection treatment is carried out early. After becoming ill, the child may experience worsening of existing jaundice and unstable body temperature. Most children have fever, but sometimes the temperature is normal or does not rise. They often experience vomiting, anorexia, and diarrhea. Some may become irritable or drowsy, cry and be restless, or even have convulsions. Premature babies may show gray complexion, general weakness, weak sucking, soft crying, and a state of low response.

The above is an introduction to how to treat congenital metabolic diseases in newborns. It will be helpful to many parents who have had such experiences, because it will allow them to understand more quickly and better how to treat congenital metabolic diseases in newborns. You can learn more about these aspects. This is of particular help and benefit in treating newborns with this disease.