Category: HCU

My name is Bharat Ramanujam, I live in California. I am 38 yrs old. I was diagnosed at the age of 2 that I had a condition called Homocystinuria, which is due to the absence of an enzyme in my body. In 1999,  this site was developed in order to

  Joann from Oregon My name is Joann and I was diagnosed with Homocystinuria at age 3,  (1974) when I rubbed Trisodium Phosphate (paint thinner) into my eyes.  They originally thought it was Marfan’s Syndrome but upon looking at my eyes closer they determined it was Homocystinuria.  I was born

Samantha from Canada My name is Samantha and I was not diagnosed through newborn screening. I was breastfed as a baby. My childhood genetic doctor, Dr. Greenberg at the Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba said this was probably one of the reasons why I didn’t get sick until foods

  The Early Years I was diagnosed with homocystinuria at the age of 4 and a half. I don’t remember much before I was diagnosed other than I loved chicken. As a child, I was devastated that my life was going to change forever. I soon realized that my life

I began my last semester of college excited for the year ahead, doing normal things for a college senior, thinking about life after graduation and hanging with my friends. I was looking forward to my last performance of Step Sing, a campus – wide production unique to Samford University that

My name is Danae’ Bartke and I was diagnosed with Homocystinuria in 1995 at the age of 10. We discovered the diagnoses because my younger brother had bumped his head on a table in school and then complained that he could not see. After a week or so, my mom

I am Pam and I was diagnosed with Classic Homocystinuria in April of 2011 at the age of 54. Growing up, I had always thought I had Marfan Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. This was because at the age of two, my parents were told I had dislocated lenses in