Guest guest Posted July 23, 2002 Report Share Posted July 23, 2002 At 6:51 AM +0000 7/23/02, wrote: > >Our son was put on the antivirals because his NK cells (Natural >Killer) turned out to be about 50 per cent of the normal level. > >This led Dr. G to suspect he may have viruses present even if they >don't show up in the titers. I'd like to know more about the use of antivirals in autism. I hope the list doesn't mind too much if I just fire out a whole bunch of questions that leap to mind? Do most of Dr. Goldberg's patients get a trial of antivirals? Do they get them with or without direct lab evidence of viral infection? (empiric treatment) Is there any other " indirect " evidence of chronic viral infection (other than titers) other than NK activity? How much does Dr. Goldberg think autism is due to chronic ongoing infection, vs the after-effects of an old infection (ie, brain damage)? How many kids with autism have an autoimmune brain pathology, and how many have " normal " immune systems, but are dealing with current or aftereffects of an " outside " infection? Which are the most common viral pathogens- I hear stuff here and there about HHV6, but I just joined here, and I haven't yet heard about much else. Do many of the kids here have elevated rubella titers? My daughter's has always been much higher than the threshold (~150 as opposed to 9.9) and I wonder if Dr. Goldberg would treat based on this alone? I'm gonna try to get in on the chat tonight, and hope to ask some of these questions directly of Dr. Goldberg, but I wonder if anyone has any input on this, before hand. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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