NTU successful treatment of rare diseases citrullinemia Thai boy

Thais in order to treat a rare disease citrullinemia suffering newborns , National Taiwan University Hospital ambulance recently went straight back out Taoyuan airport apron baby boy, and disdain for technology in Asian countries , as young as one month 's illness Tong hemodialysis three times ( dialysis ) , so that the original gravely ill little boy miraculously survived .

Department of Medical Genetics at NTU Hu says , citrullinemia first type is a urea cycle disorder , because children with genetic , congenital deficiency of an enzyme in vivo , resulting in a toxic protein foods citrulline can not accumulate in the blood is broken down , and the long-term accumulation of ammonia .

It was pointed out that the name of the baby's mother is immune Thai physicians , had confirmed that diseased child was born three days , but not for local children weighing less than twenty kilograms of hemodialysis , so the baby can only accept the less efficient the peritoneum dialysis treatment , the results are still soared along with high blood ammonia values ​​.

The network search , baby mother found the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taiwan , in Taiwan and Thailand two governments with the assistance of the morning made ​​contact with NTU , the next morning he took his parents to baby boy fly arrived in Taiwan , then from No. ambulance ride to sit straight apron NTU pediatric ICU.

Baby boy attending Jane Ying Xiu , said the baby to the hospital when the ammonia values ​​up to seventy to ○ ○ μmol / L ( normal or less than five ○ μmol / L), symptoms include drowsiness, liver and kidney failure and brain hemorrhage , the situation is quite critical.

She said the boy only four kilograms of fine blood vessels can imagine , but once NTU medical team records for only three kilograms of Bebi hemodialysis, accept this challenge is not a problem , and finally also proven to help the hospital before and after the baby conducted three of four hours dialysis , the process is very smooth .

Dr. Hu Director said , because the station would have to pay health care, even if the baby parents in Thailand are considered high-paying white-collar workers locally , still can not help but worry for the associated costs , for NTU especially parents contacted the McDonald's offers free accommodation, this multinational medical case gift warm.

After three weeks of treatment and follow , the original lie incubator , the Thai boy wearing a respirator , before finally able to safely return to the mother 's arms Thailand.