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G6pd Deficiency
My child has been diagnosed with g6pd deficient after Guthrie test. He is just 1 month old. I understand that child needs to avoid certain drugs and food for lifelong but can this deficiency affect the baby development in any ways ?
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G6pd deficiency generally causes hemolytic anemia(breakdown of rbcs) after certain drugs,food and infections.generally it doesn't affect growth and development (though there are very very rare exceptions -rare varieties with chronic anemia, associated other enzyme deficiencies)
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inform all of his doctors you consult about this before they prescribe the medicine
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