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Just Stop Calling it Autism
Urinary Porphyrin Testing
Vitamin
D Theory of Autism
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LET'S
JUST STOP CALLING IT "AUTISM"
October
2009
What
if the psychological affliction "Autism" had never existed?
What if ever increasing numbers children were showing up in schools
without
speech, lost in their own worlds, and having unexplained seizures? Would
we be diagnosing these children with a "developmental
disorder?" Or would we be looking for root causes of their DISEASE
and treating what they have medically? What if your children have is not
"Autism" at all, but a medical disease in most part caused by
viruses? According to a new study appearing in the October 2009 issue of
SCIENCE, the latest research supports this idea and it is exactly what I
have been advocating for twenty-seven years.
This study describes the detection of a virus called XMRV (xenotropic
MLV related virus) in about two-thirds of patients diagnosed with
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). It was conducted by researchers who
collaborated from the Whittemore Peterson Institute, the Cleveland
Clinic, and the National Cancer Institute and has tremendous
implications for any family dealing with "Autism."
Many of those diagnosed with "Autism" have blood work that
contains
these same viruses. Autism (or should I say a "diagnosis" of
Autism) has increased in staggering numbers over the past ten years. One
in every 91 children in the US has what we refer to as
"Autism" (read American Academy Pediatrics Report). These
statistics are endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), American Academy of Pediatrics, and other agencies.
California reports a 273% increase, Maryland 513%, and Florida 600%.
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, everyone understands the
seriousness of the disease and its treatment. Because of this, cancer
research is funded generously. "Autism" is now the third most
prevalent childhood disease, but it remains the least funded in terms of
research dollars. And how much of these research funds are devoted to
the genetic causes of "Autism?" We are wasting what precious
funds we have on genetic research for a disease that is, in no way,
genetic in nature. In addition, the cost to local school districts in
special education expenses is astronomical and growing every year! We
are draining budgets and there are kids NOT getting better every day.
What we have is an epidemic. Developmental disorders do not increase by
600% or occur in epidemic proportions. From a purely scientific
perspective, an epidemic of something that can't be spread by germs is
NOT POSSIBLE. It also should be impossible to medically treat and
recover children with these various disorders, but I have been doing
exactly that for 27 years (CFS and ADHD) and now 14 year ("Autistic
Spectrum").
We have lost too much time focusing our energies on the genetic and
"refrigerator mother" causes of this disease. The time to act
is now. We must refocus our resources and move in the right direction
with hard science, hard logic, and hard data and finally address this
crisis
medically.
It is time to create a new focus with ONE goal and ONE idea to help your
children. We must promote the medical treatment for this disease. We
have proven time and time again, kids can get better. We, along with the
medical community must come together, rally around the NIDS flag (or any
other name you all want except "Autism") and focus on the true
medical crisis. This is a tough disease, but as a disease, it is
beatable. It more than past the time for parents and the medical
community to join hands and lead the charge and make recovery possible
for all children afflicted with the disease formally known as Autism.
Michael Goldberg, MD
www.nids.net
www.neuroimmunedr.com
Urinary
Porphyrin Testing
Heavy metals may be
implicated in autism
30 May 2006
From New Scientist
URINE
samples from hundreds of French children have yielded evidence for a
link between autism and exposure to heavy metals. If validated, the
findings might mean some cases of autism could be treated with drugs
that purge the body of heavy metals.
Samples from children with autism contained abnormally high levels of a
family of proteins called porphyrins, which are precursors in the
production of haem, the oxygen-carrying component in haemoglobin.
Heavy metals block haem production, causing porphyrins to accumulate in
urine. Concentrations of one molecule, coproporphyrin, were 2.6 times as
high in urine from children with autism as in controls. Autism is
thought to have a number of unknown genetic and environmental causes.
Richard Lathe of Pieta Research in Edinburgh, UK, says he has found one
of these factors. "It's highly likely that heavy metals are
responsible for childhood autistic disorder in a majority of
cases," he claims. The study will appear in Toxicology and Applied
Pharmacology.
Lathe
says these porphyrin metabolites bind to receptors in the brain and have
been linked with epilepsy and autism. The researchers restored porphyrin
concentrations to normal in 12 children by treating them with "chelation"
drugs that mop up heavy metals and are then excreted. It is not yet
known whether the children's symptoms have eased, but Lathe cites
anecdotal reports suggesting the drugs might do some good.
Source: issue 2553
of New Scientist magazine, 30 May 2006, page 21
Further Information on
Urinary Porphyrin Testing
The
French Study:
"Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology" (30 page document) You
can find this study here:
http://www.filariane.org/anglais/DOC/MSFINAL.pdf
Urine
Porphyrin Profile Analysis (UPPA):
Many
references can be found here:
http://www.mercury-freedrugs.org/ AutismOne
radio broadcast on Porphyrin Testing July
4, 2006, 10:00 am Guest:
Dr. James Woods, Topic:
Urinary porphyrin profiles and mercury. http://www.autismone.org/radio/?SearchText=james+wood&x=16&y=6
Vitamin
D Theory of Autism There
is a theory that links autism with a lack of vitamin D:
http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/health/autism/vit-D-theory-autism.shtml
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