•Once the diagnosis
of WD is made, treatment is crucial to avoid fatal outcome. Medical treatment
consists of dietary restriction coupled with
various copper-chelating medications.
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•Dietary restriction alone
doesn’t prevent or control wilson’s disease, high amount of copper containing
foods( nuts ,meat and fish ,chocolates, spinach etc) should be avoided .
•Continuous life long drug
therapy is essential ;initially to reduce copper to sub toxic levels and subsequently to
maintain a negative copper balance.