by Dr. Smith
3. March 2010 00:06
There are a few known risk factors for autism, not the least of which is a vitamin D deficiency. I listed a few risk factors for autism in my last blog and here are some known to be associated with onset of autism symptoms:
- Hepatitis B vaccine given at birth triples autism risk.
- Frequent ear infections.
- Frequent use or overuse of antibiotics. Parents report that their healthy babies get ear infections, treatment with anti-biotics, multiple vaccinations, and then develop autism. Most of the time we only look at the last trigger to this disease, vaccination.
- History of reacting to vaccines.
- Mother has asthma or allergies.
- Mother has history of Rheumatoid Arthritis or Celiac Disease.
- Either parent has history of Type 1 Diabetes.
Don’t neglect to give your children vitamin D. Normally children can have about 1000 IU total from supplements up to about age three and then they can have the dosage increased according to their weight up to 5000 IU in adulthood. If you have children requiring the 1000 IU you can give them ½ a 2000 IU capsule or pearl per day.
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