SCOTT BAIO'S BABY SCARE WHATS THE DIAGNOSIS

Scott Baio’s baby girl Bailey DeLuca tested positive for a potentially fatal disorder called GA-1 just one day after she came home from the hospital last November but Scott Baio tells a Babies Story that the results turned out to be false and he baby is just fine.

Glutaricaciduria I (GA-I) is a rare hereditary metabolic disorder, caused by a deficiency of the enzyme glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase. One of a group of disorders known as "organic acidemias," it is characterized by an enlarged head (macrocephaly), decreased muscle tone (hypotonia), vomiting, and excess acid in the blood. Affected individuals may also have involuntary movements of the trunk and limbs (dystonia or athetosis) and mental retardation may also occur.

Babies with glutaricaciduria I are sometimes mistakenly thought by medical professionals to be abused babies because they present with subdural and/or retinal hemorrhages.

Tests showed Bailey DeLuca, who was premature, might have GA-1, a metabolic disorder that can cause seizures and lead to coma and death. Testing took 10 weeks, and when doctors told the couple Bailey was completely healthy, “we jumped through the ceiling,” Baio said.