Birth triggered rare, deadly illness in mom until UT Southwestern geneticist solved the mystery
Four days after Jessica Hitt gave birth to her first child, Olivia, the new mother became delirious. She started walking into walls and talking gibberish. Her husband rushed her to Medical City Arlington, the same hospital where she had given birth. Her health rapidly deteriorated. Twice she received the last rites from a priest.
Doctors and nurses worked furiously to figure out what was wrong. Tests showed dangerously high levels of toxic ammonia in her blood. But why? Nothing in Hitt’s medical history suggested this uncommon disorder.
The doctors treating Hitt were baffled, so they reached out to Dr. Markey McNutt, a clinical geneticist at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Hitt’s case was exactly the sort of strange medical puzzle McNutt specializes in.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/science-medicine/2018/06/17/birth-triggered-rare-deadly-illness-mom-ut-southwestern-geneticist-solved-mystery
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