Low copper containing diet for Wilson disease patients

Radhika P, Kanaka Bhushanam GVVS, Kavitha Anbarasu, Advithi Rangaraju, Sharat Reddy Putta, Sachin Daga, M.S. Sridhar

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Radhika P^1,*, Kanaka Bhushanam GVVS², Kavitha Anbarasu³, Advithi Rangaraju³, Sharat Reddy Putta⁴, Sachin Daga⁵ and M.S. Sridhar⁶

¹Department of Nutrition, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

²Ethics Committee, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

³KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

⁴Department of Gastroenterology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

⁵Department of HPB & Liver transplant, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

⁶Department of Ophthalmology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: Radhika P, Chief Dietician, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana, India. Tel.: +91-040-44885000; Email: radhika61283@yahoo.com

Received 07 April 2016; Revised 10 June May 2015; Accepted 20 June 2015; Published 29 June 2016

Citation: Radhika P, Kanakabhushanam GVVS, Anbarasu K, Rangaraju A, Putta SR, Daga S, Sridhar MS. Low copper containing diet for Wilson disease patients. J Med Sci Res. 2016; 4(3):147-149. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2016/4-032

Copyright: © 2016 Radhika P, et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Copper is an essential trace mineral. It has various important functions in the body as it forms core component of proteins and metalloenzymes. Wilson disease (WD) is a genetic disorder where there is an inherited defect in the biliary excretion of copper. Wilson disease has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Lifelong treatment with one of several medications is mandatory for all confirmed Wilson disease patients. In addition to lifelong medications, to remove accumulated copper from various tissues, reduced intake of copper in diet is an important management principle, in patients with Wilson disease. In this article, we present the content of copper in the common Indian diet and the dietary regulations for WD patients. The knowledge of dietary requirements which is important for both doctors and patients have been discussed in detail, highlighting the role of nutritionist in the management of Wilson disease.

Keywords: Wilson disease; copper diet; Indian food