10 Phenylketonuria Symptoms
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Vomiting and Diarrhea
Frequent vomiting or diarrhea may be phenylketonuria symptoms in infants and young children. A newborn baby may start vomiting or experiencing diarrhea within their early days of life. When due to phenylketonuria, sickness and watery stools are possibly caused by phenylalanine toxicity.
Vomiting may be violent, causing great distress to both parent and child. Excessive vomiting and diarrhea may lead to associated problems, including dehydration, weight loss, failure to grow and reluctance to feed.5Healthwise Staff. ‘Phenylketonuria (PKU).’ Alberta, myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/Pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=stp1354&lang=en-ca
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