Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... I have a daughter with ASA Lyase Deficency she has started with high blood sugars but they go up high and fall, at times they can be over 300! Any ideas if this is related to her Urea Cycle Disorder?
Thank you for your query. As far as the relation between diabetes and urea cycle is concerned, there is no such studies pertaining in relation to it. Though urea cycle occurs in liver and liver itself is the largest center for gluconeogenesis in the body, so a patient with type diabetes can have compromised liver function or even urea cycle. Kindly get your blood urea nitrogen level or blood ammonia levels estimated. You should cut down proteins and consume non-protein calories diet, fibers, nuts, green leafy vegetables, fruits except banana can be taken, kindly do exercise for 30 minutes in a day for 5 times a week. All you have to avoid is protein rich diets. Kindly mention the medical treatment your daughter is taking. There may be possibilities that the treatment is not proper, or your daughter is not taking due precautions in diet. God Bless