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Contact Metabolic Physician
Your local metabolic physician can be found via metabolic
physicians and specialists
The metabolic physician's role
· Provides you with information on Galactosemia
· Discusses, in further detail, the meaning of the test
result with the family
· Starts appropriate treatment
in conjunction with the metabolic dietician 
· Provides supportive counseling for the family
· Undertakes definitive
investigations
· Provides genetic / prenatal counseling
· Hospitalizes, if necessary, in a metabolic unit for acute
illnesses. These infants cannot be managed conservatively when
they become ill. The threshold should be very low for admission.
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