What is Fructosuria?

What is Fructosuria?

• Fructosuria: A rare harmless asymptomatic condition caused by a lack of the liver enzyme called fructokinase which is needed to turn fructose into glycogen.
• Fructosuria: the presence of levulose is the urine; "fructosuria is a harmless condition".
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Fructosuria is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Fructosuria, or a subtype of Fructosuria, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Fructosuria as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Fructosuria: Introduction

Types of Fructosuria:

Broader types of Fructosuria:

• Genetic Disease
• Urinary system conditions
• Genetic conditions
• Metabolic conditions
• Congenital conditions - metabolic disorders
• Congenital conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Fructosuria?

Prognosis of Fructosuria: Excellent. Most patients suffer no complications.
Complications of Fructosuria: see complications of Fructosuria

What causes Fructosuria?

Causes of Fructosuria: see causes of Fructosuria

What are the symptoms of Fructosuria?

Symptoms of Fructosuria: see symptoms of Fructosuria

Complications of Fructosuria: see complications of Fructosuria

Can anyone else get Fructosuria?

Contagion of genetic conditions: generally not; see details in contagion of genetic diseases.
More information: see contagiousness of Fructosuria
Inheritance: see inheritance of Fructosuria

Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.

Fructosuria: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Fructosuria.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Fructosuria.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Fructosuria: Medical Geneticist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Fructosuria.
Treatments for Fructosuria: see treatments for Fructosuria

Name and Aliases of Fructosuria

Main name of condition: Fructosuria

Class of Condition for Fructosuria: genetic

essential fructosuria, hereditary fructose intolerance, fructosuria, essential, hepatic fructokinase deficiency, Ketohexokinase deficiency, Essential benign fructosuria, Fructosemia, Fructose intolerance, Fructose aldolase B deficiency, Fructose-1-phosphate aldolase deficiency, ALDOB deficiency, Aldolase B deficiency, Fructose-1,6-biphosphate aldolase deficiency, Fructokinase deficiency

Essential benign fructosuria, Hepatic fructokinase deficiency, Ketohexokinase deficiency
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Fructosuria: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Fructosuria:

• Essential Fructosuria
• Hepatic Fructokinase Deficiency
• Levulosuria
• Ketohexokinase Deficiency

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