In my opinion have a lot in common. Doctors on the cutting edge of doing tremendous work with Autism treat-guess what? Yes! The GUT! When working on an autistic child's gastrointestinal tract, the autism improves.
This is really amazing work and what could be more important than saving a child's quality of life?
I just was given this article by a patient that I thought was pretty interesting linking autism to a virus. But, my thought was-but this would be in addition to a weak gut. It would be interesting to conduct a study on how many children having autism have mother's who were themselves imbalanced during the pregnancy. My IC patients who were unwell during their pregnancies (typically before treatment with me!) usually note problems of chronic natures with their children's health. Those issues need to be worked on early on to get the child's health well balanced which will affect their health ongoing!
Anyway, this is an interesting read and gives a lot of food for thought.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/is-autism-associated-with_b_316986.html
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A topic very close to my
A topic very close to my heart. The only thing more devastating than realizing I had a chronic condition called IC was being told a few months later that my son was "on the spectrum" and that there wasn't really anything to be done about it. It took me a while to put the pieces together, but I absolutely agree that my imbalances had a direct effect on his health. I have no idea why, but this is not something I have ever run across in any of my reading, except for 1 book that kind of danced around it. Improving my son's diet and continuing to work on healing his gut has made a world of difference, he would be the first to tell you how much of a difference you have made in his life : ) Thank you!Carol