To treat this disease can range from having frequent small meals throughout the day to promote glucose throughout the body frequently. Sugars are restricted many can include cake, pie, fruit juice, etc. Also a limit on dairy foods as well. One thing that is recommended is uncooked cornstarch with water and soy milk. This is because cornstarch is digested by the body very slowly and thus proving glucose to the body in between feedings. Multivitamins are need in some patients due to their many so many restrictions.
Type 2 can be called two different names Acid Maltase Deficiency (AMD) and Pompe Disease. Type II is a caused by your genetics because it is a autosomal recessive genetic disease becayse of the lack of function of the enzyme acid alpha-1,4-glucosidase. The way that this type is very deadly is because when the glycogen enters the lysosomes and is not broken down but it build up and this well then stop the lysosome from function correctly. Well the lysosome is an important part of the cell that collects all the unwanted waste of the cell. And it also collects waste and secretes it back into the cell into smaller quaintly to be used. So as the glycogen starts to build up and dispute this function it well create the problem of breaking down complex sugars such as glycogen to glucose that is needed by the body for regular function. Throughout time the lysomome will continue to build up and this well cause it to continue to grow and will eventually breakdown.
Its classified under to different forms based on the age of life. Infantile-onset form and late/ later onset forms. Infantile onset forms presents itself during early infancy. Some of the symptoms are weakness and floppiness and lack of motor tasks. The heart muscle...
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...very hard to regulate but with the right diet and with the awareness that this may be something that you can develop or even have a child that is born with this is very important.
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