Question
What is galactosemia?
Answer
Galactosemia is a genetic, recessive inheritance and metabolic disorder. Infants with this condition cannot break down lactose in breast milk and cannot derive nutrition from it, leading to symptoms such as malnutrition, cataracts, intellectual disability, and enlargement of the liver and spleen. Galactosemia is an infantile congenital metabolic disorder and is a common chromosomal recessive inheritance. Symptoms typically resolve if the infant does not consume dairy products. After the infant transitions out of the breastfeeding period, they usually can metabolize normally.