Galactosemia Detailed Information
Posted on October 6, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Galactosemia is also very common in the Irish Traveller population. This is attributed to consanguinity within a relatively small gene pool.
Galactosemia is the lack of ability of the body to employ (metabolize) the simple sugar galactose, causing the buildup of galactose 1-phosphate in the body. It arises in about 1 out of every 60,000 births among Caucasians, while the rate is dissimilar for other groups. There are three forms of the disease include galactose-1 phosphate uridyl transferase lack (classic galactosemia, the most common and most severe form), deficiency of galactose kinase, and deficiency of galactose-6-phosphate epimerase. People with galactosemia are unable to completely break down the simple sugar galactose.
Complete Information on Banti’s syndrome
Posted on June 4, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Banti’s Syndrome, also known as Banti’s disease, is an illness characterized by an enlargement of the spleen with anemia. These terms were actually used more in the past then they are today.
Banti’s Syndrome actually covers a variety of disorders. Korovnokov’s syndrome, a special form of Banti’s disease characterised by splenomegaly with subthrombocytosis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Banti’s syndrome is a chronic congestive enlargement of the spleen resulting in premature destruction of the red blood cells by the spleen. It is most frequently in females under 35 years of age, and affects either sex.
