Treatment includes dietary restrictions. An infectious disease that, if it occurs congenitally, can cause severe fetal disease. Treatment, when indicated, includes antibiotics such as pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine. Symptoms include intermittent hypoglycemia and metabolic acidosis, sometimes resulting in coma. Fatty changes in the liver may also occur.
Treatment involves prevention of prolonged fasting to prevent symptoms.
G6PD deficiency is the most common genetic enzyme deficiency, occurring most often in tropical and subtropical Asia, tropical Africa, areas of the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and New Guinea. Severity of the condition is extremely variable. Treatment involves restricting exposure to pathogens that cause a reaction. Incidence in newborns varies according to viral status of the mother. Initially, HIV is asymptomatic.