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Involuntary muscle jerks
Lesser facial expressions
Lethargy
Not responsive
Pale looking
Arm weakness
Leg weakness
Limb weakness
Feeling sleepy
Feeling lazy
Loss of appetite
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Organic acid metabolism disorder is an inherited condition affecting the breakdown of organic acids, leading to metabolic disturbances.
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:
Treatment for amino acid metabolism disorders varies depending on the specific disorder but generally includes dietary modifications to limit certain amino acids, supplementation with essential nutrients, and close monitoring of metabolic status.
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Kenji Taylor, MD, MSc (Family Medicine, Primary Care)
Dr. Taylor is a Japanese-African American physician who grew up and was educated in the United States but spent a considerable amount of time in Japan as a college student, working professional and now father of three. After graduating from Brown, he worked in finance first before attending medical school at Penn. He then completed a fellowship with the Centers for Disease Control before going on to specialize in Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he was also a chief resident. After a faculty position at Stanford, he moved with his family to Japan where he continues to see families on a military base outside of Tokyo, teach Japanese residents and serve remotely as a medical director for Roots Community Health Center. He also enjoys editing and writing podcast summaries for Hippo Education.
Hidetaka Hamasaki, MD (Endocrinology)
Dr. Hamasaki graduated from the Hiroshima University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University. He completed his residency at the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Hospital and the Department of Internal Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine. He has served in the National Center for Global Health and Medicine Hospital and Kohnodai Hospital and joined Hamasaki Clinic in April 2017. Dr. Hamasaki specializes in diabetes and treats a wide range of internal medicine and endocrine disorders.
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Link to full study:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.29.24312810v1Aliu E, Kanungo S, Arnold GL. Amino acid disorders. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Dec;6(24):471. doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.12.12. PMID: 30740402; PMCID: PMC6331359.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6331359/Ling, ZN., Jiang, YF., Ru, JN. et al. Amino acid metabolism in health and disease. Sig Transduct Target Ther 8, 345 (2023).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-023-01569-3Pajares, M. Á. (2023). Amino Acid Metabolism and Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(15), 11935.
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/15/11935