Early diagnosis may improve growth and long-term outcome. Tyrosinemia is a genetic inborn error of metabolism that causes developmental delay, profound liver dysfunction, kidney problems, and liver cell cancer. There are often neurologic problems as well. If initiated early, a low-protein diet limited in phenylalanine and tyrosine is effective in preventing these problems. HIV is transmitted through sexual intercourse or through exposure to infected blood or body fluids.
Early treatment improves long term prognosis.
This can sometimes lead to seizures, failure to breathe, cardiac arrest, and death. The most effective treatment is preventing long fasts. Early diagnosis is essential. Males with this condition develop anemia due to breakup of their red blood cells when they are exposed to oxidant drugs such as the antimalarial primaquine, the sulfonamide antibiotics or sulfones, naphthalene moth balls, or fava beans.