child health

What is MUCOPOLY SACCHARIDESIS disease and what is its treatment?

[JJety]

From http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11679

Mucopolysaccharidosis: One of a series of inherited metabolic disorders affecting a type of complex carbohydrate called a mucopolysaccharide that is deposited in body tissues because the person lacks the specific enzyme needed to metabolize it.

Bone marrow transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with MPS type I (which is called Hurler syndrome), especially if the transplant is performed before the patient's growth and development begin to decline.

[JJety]

That article shows there are 11 different classifications of MPS, so you'd have to know which classification it was before you could really understand an effective treatment.

[angelcake99]

I had a brother that had Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 and he lived to almost 16 years of age. I would like to know how they test children now to see if they have Mucopolysaccharidosis? I'm very concerned because i have children now.