A powerful reminder of how determination and care from one parent helped pave the way for treatment of PKU. At egoo.health, we continue this legacy by empowering families and individuals with accessible, home-based monitoring for PKU and other health conditions. Learn more about our mission and technology at egoo.health #pku #espku #health #nspkua
Author of fiction & non-fiction. Advocate for #PKU and #BrainInjury. B. Vit. & Oeno., DipWSET.
✒️ The Origins of PKU treatment PKU was discovered in 1934, but was considered untreatable for decades. Then, a team at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital took up the challenge. Prof. Anita MacDonald showed me round the BCH for an afternoon of PKU legends, both past and present. 👩🍼 Mary and Sheila Jones Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) set up a screening programme for PKU in the early 1950s. The team had a positive result on their third test, a young girl named Sheila. Sheila’s mother, Mary, knew that something was impairing the development of her third child. Concern led her to her local doctor, who in turn referred Sheila on to the Birmingham Children’s hospital. Mary's persistence drove the doctors to develop a treatment for PKU The clinical were thrilled to have discovered a patient with this condition so quickly in their trial. Mary Jones was more interested in a treatment for her daughter, and simply would not accept that there was no therapy for this rare condition. It was her persistence which drove the doctors to develop a treatment for PKU. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eK6fHD2Z #PKU #Phenylketonuria #LivingWithPKU #RareDisease #RareDiseaseAwareness #PKUTreatment