by Dr. Smith
1. March 2010 19:30
I have said it before and will continue to urge all our readers to not only give your children with autism symptoms vitamin D but take it yourself. In last week's newsletter, Mercola made a great case for the importance of avoiding vitamin D deficiency. Experts are now saying that vitamin D deficiency may be common in our culture. Vitamin D is inexpensive and easy to take. I personally take 4000 IU per day.
Most children with autism symptoms suffer from what is termed “regressive autism”. This means that the child was not born with the condition but was developing as a healthy, normal kid until somewhere between the age of one and three. Then, with no apparent warning, the child regressed into autism symptoms. A high percentage of parents of such children swear that the regression started after a routine childhood immunization. Whether the vaccines are connected with development of autism is hotly debated with the parents on one side and the pharmaceutical industry on the other. In future blog posts I will discuss preventive measures parents can take, including taking of vitamin D, also previously discussed. Here are some of the known risk factors for development of autism.
- Boys 3 to 4 times greater risk than girls.
- Family History.. 7% of families with one autistic child will have a second autistic child.
- Children with certain neurological disorders.
- Children born to men 40 years or older were almost six times more likely to have autism spectrum disorder than were children born to men younger than 30 years.
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