Question
My child is now of school age but still doesn’t talk much, and children of the same age can run around, but my child’s hair is yellow and they have epilepsy. We have taken them to the hospital for thorough checks several times, and the doctor said they have phenylketonuria. So, can phenylketonuria be cured?
Answer
A low-protein diet is used to keep the phenylalanine levels in the blood consistently at 0.23-0.6 mmol/L. Children can be fed low-phenylalanine food supplements, digest breast milk, and milk. Approximately 40 milligrams of phenylalanine are contained in every 100 milliliters of breast milk, and 50 milligrams per 30 milliliters of milk. Special foods that interfere with phenylalanine intake are expensive and difficult to operate. There is no consensus on when to stop dietary treatment that interferes with phenylalanine intake, and it is generally believed that it must be endured for ten years or more.