PKU (and BH4 a year on)

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Hi everyone,

Mandi mentioned PKU recently. Just wondering if anyone else ever

thought about PKU.

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a relatively rare inherited condition in

which there is a build up of phenylalanine in the body and a lack of

tyrosine. Treatment involves a low protein diet (avoidance of

phenylalanine) and possible supplementation of BH4. We are not doing

a low protein diet - but we have tried BH4. Here's a quick summary of

our experiences of PKU and BH4.

PKU children have fairer hair.

Both Tim and I were big babies and toddlers with big heads and

strikingly white hair which took years to turn brown. This was

strange for me with dark brown eyes and being 1/4 spanish.

Eddie has red hair but we have seen very big changes in the shading

(darker now) and his eyes also.

http://health.yahoo.com/other-other/phenylketonuria-pku-symptoms/healthwise--hw4\

4760.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylketonuria

We are seeing good things with a tiny tiny amount of BH4. (Eddie is

asking deeper questions - like do all boys and girls have to take

medicine? Do we like our medicine?) When we first tried BH4 a year

ago it went awfully. Actually I just searched the posts and found my

original one almost exactly a year ago

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Biomedical-Europe/message/22037

This is where we learnt that BH4 was involved in Yasko too - but only

when other things were in place.

Best wishes,

Sandy