~ Natural Autism Treatment Specialist | Naturopath ~
Autism, or Autistic Spectrum Disorder, is a condition characterised by: Profound failure to develop social relationships; language disorder with impaired understanding, echolalia, and pronominal reversal; rituals and comulsive phenomena; general retardation in intellectual development (most cases); and a male:female incidence of about 4:1.
The condition is thought to be caused by abnormal seratonin metabolism within the brain. The following nutrients have been shown to be benefical in some cases of autism: Folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin B5 & magnesium.
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Autism treatment therapies that have been useful include: avoidance of food allergies. I would suggest a comprehensive IgG blood test to determine the presence of undiagnosed food allergies. Two common allergens tend to be dairy (all forms - goat, sheep and cow), plus gluten. The proteins Gluten and Gliadin are contained within the following grains: Wheat, Spelt, Barley, Rye & Oats. Also testing for, and treating where necessary, intestinal permeability, or leaky gut. This condition alone has been implicated in many conditions, including allergies, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Malnutrition-Malabsorption, Accelerated Ageing, Crohn’s Disease, Intestinal Infections, Ulcerative Colitis, Endotoxaemia, Irritable Bowel Disease, Autism, NSAID Enteropathy, Coeliac Disease, Chemotherapy, Inflammatory Joint Disease, Giardiasis, Food Allergy, Trauma, and even Alcoholism. Candida is often found concurrently with leaky gut, and has been found very frequently in autistic children.
The Pfeiffer Treatment Center are pioneers in reducing the symptoms of behavioral and learning disorders - including ADD/ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, depression (including postpartum depression), bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia and post traumatic stress syndrome (or PTSD).
Some of the latest research into Autism has shown that there are 2 main subcategories of autistic children. These are over-methylators or under-methylators. Determination of which category the child is in allows more specific treatment for that individual. This can easily be determined through specialist metabolic testing. Therapy can then be individualised for the patient.
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