MSUD Support Groups

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Support Groups for MSUD

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Apps for MSUD? Yes!

Nursing Care for MSUD

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Nursing Care for MSUD

MSUD Diet Recommendations

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What Does an MSUD Diet Look Like?

Medical Treatment for MSUD

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Signs and Symptoms of MSUD

What symptoms arise from MSUD?
Below is a chart from a study done in German of patients with Turkish descent. All nine patients had MSUD. The chart records their symptoms and how many days after they appeared.

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics: http://www.turkishjournalpediatrics.org/?fullTextId=206#

How is one diagnosed with MSUD? How does it progress?

Maple Syrup Urine Disease is diagnosed by a newborn screening program.  MSUD is part of all newborn screening tests in all 50 states. Below is a link of the National Newborn Screening Status from 2014. It will list off all of the chronic disease that are tested in newborns after birth.
National Newborn Screening Test Status 
Women can also test during pregnancy. They can do DNA testing or enzyme testing for the fetus cells, however the samples would be taken from the CVS or the aminocentesis of the fetus  (Star-G, Screening, Technology, and Research in Genetics). These are very invasive tests for the fetus and should be consulted by a doctor. Below is an image of how the test would be done during pregnancy.

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