PKUteens is a name I made up for teenagers who have the genetic condition known as Phenlyketonuria (more commonly known as PKU).
If you have PKU and you are a teenager, then this is the site where you can meet similar people who have the same condition and who are at a similar stage of their life as you may be... whether you are:
At School,
Leaving School
About to start University
Looking for a job
Thinking about, or going traveliing...
Chances are, someone else has also done it and can offer you advice, guidance, or just help out with ways you can manage your diet while away from home, or starting out for the first time.
So, please use this site to put any questions out there, to other PKUteens OR adults, about anything diet-related which you may not be sure about, or would just like to get some advice before making your decision.
In the meantime, if you have any suggestions or comments, please use the contact page to get in touch...
Very briefly, PKU affects around 1 in 10,000 people and is ONE of the things that ALL newborn babies are tested for after birth using the "heel-prick blood test". And the chances are, if you were born AFTER the 1960's then you will have been tested for PKU also...!
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