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chemical exposure during pregnancy
Tue May 11, 2010 9:09pm
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Hi I don't know if any of you remember us but my daughter is Sanae. She was diagnosed with citrullinemia when she was 7 days old. My question to any family with a child that has her condition is have you ever been exposed to any PCB's or toxic metals that you know of during your pregnancy? The reason i ask is because where I was living when my daughter was born is on a toxic dump site from years ago. I know this disorder is supposed to be only heredity but I have to wonder. She is actually my 4th pregnancy with my husband, the 1st ended in a miscarriage but the 2 children before her are fine. She was the only one I had while living there. She is doing exceptionally well. She can eat some meat, dairy, seafood, yes seafood, all the things she is not supposed to eat. I asked if she could just have a partial deficiency and her doc said no that she is just "lucky". I feel there is still not enough info on this disorder for the docs are still studying it.

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  • mom of Citrullinemia kidsall4Yah, Mon Dec 13 3:51pm
    Hi all, My two kids have the same exact genetic mutations one from me and one from my husband. Our oldest, our daughter who is 4, does really well and has not had any hyper ammonia problems. I am... more
    • Re: mom of Citrullinemia kidsnadia, Sat Aug 6 2:11pm
      Hi thanks for sharing ur experience, my son also has citrullinemia. I just have a question you mentioned that ur kids eat poultry- I was under the impression that this was one of the foods kids with... more
  • ASA Lyase Kelly Corby, Sun May 16 6:44am
    My daughter was diagnosed when she was 17 days old! My daughter to can eat some dairy and she loves chicken nuggets! For years my daughter didn't have a high ammonia then one day just a few weeks ago ... more
    • citrullinemiaall4Yah, Fri Aug 5 7:14am
      My kids have still been on maintenance of arginine. How is your daughter doing? I hope excellent! My daughter displays attributes of Aspergers now. Well, she always has really even though her ammonia ... more
  • Re: chemical exposure during pregnancymum to citrullinemia baby, Thu May 13 9:01am
    hi i have a son with citrullinemia, myself my husband and my son have all had the dna testing which has confirmed myself and my husband are carriers of this illness. we are also going to have our... more
    • Re: chemical exposure during pregnancyKarrie-Ann, Thu May 13 9:06pm
      My daughter does have the disorder. She was 7 days old when she was diagnosed. The docs say they caught it in enough time to where it didn't do any neurological damage. Her's was found through PKU... more
      • Re: chemical exposure during pregnancycitrullinemia mum, Sat May 15 2:54pm
        thanks, my son is nearly 15 months but is still not working so im getting very concerned about his development. did ur daughter have any development delays? my sons ammonia was 671 wen diagnosed.... more
        • Re: chemical exposure during pregnancyKarrie-Ann Soto, Wed Dec 15 6:50am
          My daughter's ammonia levels were in the 400's when she was first diagnosed. Her doc feels she suffered no brain damage.Before I got the call from the pediatrician saying I had to bring her to CHB,... more
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