Guest guest Posted July 19, 2002 Report Share Posted July 19, 2002 I just read this in the Schafer Autism Report: TREATMENT Neuro-Immune Diagnosis and Treatment Gives Hope to Children With Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder and Other Diseases http://click.topica.com/maaarTVaaSR48a4Ji5Yb/ PRNewswire - Doctors and researchers on thecutting edge of medical research are bringing hope to many of the 500,000children in the U.S. diagnosed with autism and many of the more than2.5 million with attention deficit disorder (ADD), attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).By treating these and other diseases as neuro-immune dysfunction syndromes() and viewing them as medical rather than developmental disorders, Goldberg, M.D., F.A.A.P, and his colleagues at the Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndromes Research Institute (-RI) have seen dramaticimprovement and normalization in children previously deemed medicallyuntreatable.Autism is more prevalent today than it was in the early 1980s when one in10,000 children were afflicted. Today, the National Institutes of Health(NIH) estimates that one in 250 children are diagnosed as autistic. Treatingthese children costs more than $60,000 per child, per year, according toparents whose children have the disorder. The number of children with ADD andADHD disorder also has increased dramatically in the past two decades, withestimates topping two million, according to the NIH. " Autism has migrated from a rare disorder to one that is now 10 to 20times more likely to be diagnosed. It's scientifically impossible for anepidemic to be caused by developmental, genetic or 'brain damaged'conditions, " said Dr. Goldberg. " Without a doubt, this is a disease processmasquerading, or being misinterpreted, as a 'developmental' disorder. We needto stop assuming that the symptoms are a result of birth or genetic defects orpsychological problems and start looking at the immune connection. " According to Dr. Goldberg, patients are genetically predisposed tohaving a dysregulated immune system. The immune system malfunction can betriggered by a variety of factors. Diagnosis for is simple: an immune panel run through blood testingand a NeuroSPECT scan which measures blood flow to the brain. NeuroSPECTscans of children with show reduced blood flow to portions of the brain.By regulating and cooling down the immune system and the targeted use ofFDA approved drugs, Dr. Goldberg and other specialists working with thesechildren have seen dramatic improvements.Extensive clinical work over the past five years supports the -RIhypothesis that many developmental disorders are actually immune-mediateddiseases affecting the central nervous system. Dr. Goldberg and Galpin, M.D., a clinical associate professor ofmedicine at the University of Southern California and a renowned AIDS researcher, along with the Scientific Advisory Board of leading medicalresearchers, professionals and specialists from various fields are calling forthe trials of new immune modulator drugs to be applied to adults and childrenwith these disorders in an accelerated, expedient manner. For more information on , visit http://click.topica.com/maaarTVaaSR49a4Ji5Yb/ orhttp://www.neuroimmunedr.com . * * * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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