Maple Syrup Urine Disease : Complications
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Coma; Death; Neurological damage.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the result of physical trauma to the head causing damage to the brain. This damage can be focal, or restricted to a single area of the brain, or diffuse, affecting more than one region of the brain.
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Understanding Traumatic Brain InjuryBreathing, blood flow, and movement are all controlled by the brain. The brain also allows you to think, handle emotions, and make judgments.
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Metabolic acidosis is a disturbance in the body's acid-base balance. This causes excessive acidity of the blood.
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Metabolic acidosis is a pH imbalance in which the body has accumulated too much acid and does not have enough bicarbonate to effectively neutralize the effects of the acid. Metabolic acidosis, as a disruption of the body ' s acid/base balance, can be a mild symptom brought on by a lack of insulin, a starvation diet, or a gastrointestinal disorder like vomiting and diarrhea .
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