metabolic disorder

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what diabetes really is!

sun2day @sun2day (1062) • Virgin Islands (U.S.) 16 Apr 08

There are so many people in our society today with diabetes and are taking so much medication. But if we really understand what diabetes is we might be able to help control it. It is the way our bodies digest food for growth and...

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Glutaric Acidemia Type 1

cindync23 @cindync23 (52) • United States 4 Jan 07

Glutaric acidemia is a metabolic disorder. Both the parents have to have the gene for the child to get the disorder. There is a 25% chance the child will get the disorder. If one parent has the disorder, the defected gene will...

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having kids

cindync23 @cindync23 (52) • United States 4 Jan 07

I had my first child when I was 20. He was born with a heart defect called transposition of the great arteries. His arteries were not lined up like they were supposed to be so the blood and the oxygen was not mixing correctly. He...

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