Re: Autism May Be Linked to Mom's Autoimmune Disease

July 11, 2009

I was pre-lupus...that's what my doctor's were calling it...and my son was

apraxic and autistic (both are now resolved). I found that high doses of fish

oil and vitamin E nearly resolved my issue, as they did with my son. My ANA was

1-640 and my double stranded DNA test was positive, with neurological symptoms

as well. All have resolved.

It is my opinion that altough the symptoms manifisted through different

disorders in me and my son...the common link is an inability to efficiently

process free radicals that enter the brain through the blood stream. The

presence of additinal free radicals destroys the fatty acids in the brain.

Adding fish oil to supplement the oxidized fatty acids and vitamin vitamin E to

protect and facilitate the movement of the oil through the brain cured us both.

s--- In @... , <katie.mcdermott@...> wrot

>

> MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children of mothers who have

> autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and

> celiac disease have up to a three times greater risk for autism, a new

> study finds.

>

> Although the association between autism and a maternal history of type 1

> diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis had been found in earlier research,

> the researchers behind the new study say that theirs is the first to

> find a link between autism and celiac disease. People with celiac

> disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye and barley.

>

> " This finding reinforces the suggestion that autoimmune processes are

> connected somehow with the cause of autism and autism spectrum

> disorder, " said researcher W. Eaton, chairman of the Department

> of Mental Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at s

> Hopkins University. " This finding is on the pathway of finding the cause

> of autism. "

>

> Eaton noted that there is no clinical significance to the finding but

> that it could guide future research as scientists try to pin down the

> cause or causes of autism.

>

> One reason autoimmune diseases might have a role in autism is genetic,

> Eaton said. Children who are born underweight or premature are at higher

> risk for autism, and both of these obstetric problems are associated

> with celiac disease, he added.

>

> " There may be an overlap in the genetics of some of the autoimmune

> diseases and autism that would not be trivial, " he said. " Autism is

> strongly inherited, but we don't have the faintest idea where. But this

> may point a flashlight to areas of the genome that connect to autism. "

>

> In addition, there might also be environmental triggers that affect the

> fetus, he said.

>

> The report is published in the July 6 online edition of Pediatrics.

>

> For the study, Eaton's team collected data on 3,325 Danish children

> diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, including 1,089 diagnosed with

> infantile autism. The children were born between 1993 and 2004, and

> their data was part of the Danish National Psychiatric Registry. Data on

> family members with autoimmune diseases came from the Danish National

> Hospital Register.

>

> The researchers found that children whose mothers had autoimmune disease

> were at a higher risk of developing autism spectrum disorder than

> children of mothers who did not have these conditions. In addition, the

> risk of infantile autism was increased in children with a family history

> of type 1 diabetes.

>

> The increased risk that autoimmune diseases contribute to autism is not

> huge, Eaton said.

>

> " The increased risk for type 1 diabetes is a little less than two times,

> for rheumatoid arthritis it's about 1.5 times and for celiac disease

> it's more than three times, " Eaton said. " That's enough to impress an

> epidemiologist, but not enough to make anybody in the general population

> start changing their behavior. "

>

> Dr. Hjordis O. Atladottir, from the Institute of Public Health at the

> University of Aarhus in Denmark and the study's lead researcher, said

> that the findings are important because they support the theory that

> autism is somehow associated with disturbances in the immune system.

>

> " It is important to emphasize that these results should not cause worry

> or be unsettling for parents or future parents with any of the

> above-mentioned diseases, " Atladottir said. " The large majority of

> people affected by an autoimmune disease do not have children with

> autism. "

>

> Autism expert Dr. Brosco, a professor of clinical pediatrics at

> the University of Miami School of Medicine, said the study

> reinforces the association between autism and a mother's autoimmune

> disease or, in the cases of type 1 diabetes, a mother's or father's

> condition.

>

> " This study confirms that we still don't know what's going on in autism

> but suggests there is something interesting about autoimmune diseases in

> parents of children with autism, " Brosco said.

>

> Though there seems to be a connection between autism and some parental

> autoimmune diseases, he said, the mechanism of that interaction is not

> known. It could be associated with the diseases themselves, it could be

> that the genes associated with autoimmune diseases and autism are

> located near each other or it could be that an autoimmune disease

> changes the quality of a pregnancy, which results in circumstances that

> increase the risk for autism, Brosco explained.

>

> " These findings are not going to change anything anyone does, " Brosco

> said. " You are not going to treat any patients differently. There is no

> strong evidence for changing clinical practice, but it does help

> scientists who are interested in autism understand what are the next

> questions to ask. "

>

> Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer for Autism Speaks, said that

> evidence is increasing that the immune system might have a role in

> autism.

>

> " One of the things we are realizing about autism is that it is not one

> disease but rather many different diseases or conditions that has many

> different etiologies, " Dawson said. " This may be one cause or one risk

> factor, and if it interacts with a genetic vulnerability, it can

> increase the risk for autism, " she said.

>

> SOURCES: W. Eaton, Ph.D., Sylvia and Harold Halpert professor

> and chairman, Department of Mental Health, s Hopkins Bloomberg

> School of Public Health, Baltimore; Hjordis O. Atladottir, B.M.,

> Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark; Geraldine

> Dawson, Ph.D., chief science officer, Autism Speaks; Brosco,

> M.D., Ph.D., professor, clinical pediatrics, University of Miami

> School of Medicine, Miami; July 6, 2009, Pediatrics

>

> Regards,

>

> __________________________________________________________________

> McDermott

>

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July 12, 2009

The most helpful product for me is Ultra Omega 3.6.9 by KAL. It is a mix of

fish, flaxseed and borage oil, 400 mg of each per 1 softgel. I take between 6

and 9 per day and well as a SOLARAY product called Bio E with Selenium. I take

800 IU per day, but took double this when I was flaring. I think the selenium is

helpful b/c this brand of E was more helpful than any other. Also, the

improvement with fish oil / E combo is documented in many of my lupus books...so

i found it very interesting that this same thing was so helpful to my son.

Definitly a link...

Good luck!

Robin

>

> How high of a dose of the fish oil and vitamin E do you take??? My son is

apraxic and I have an an elevated ANA for the past 10 years.

>

> Thank you,

> Sue

>

> [ ] Re: Autism May Be Linked to Mom's Autoimmune

Disease

>

> I was pre-lupus...that's what my doctor's were calling it...and my son was

apraxic and autistic (both are now resolved). I found that high doses of fish

oil and vitamin E nearly resolved my issue, as they did with my son. My ANA was

1-640 and my double stranded DNA test was positive, with neurological symptoms

as well. All have resolved.

>

> It is my opinion that altough the symptoms manifisted through different

disorders in me and my son...the common link is an inability to efficiently

process free radicals that enter the brain through the blood stream. The

presence of additinal free radicals destroys the fatty acids in the brain.

Adding fish oil to supplement the oxidized fatty acids and vitamin vitamin E to

protect and facilitate the movement of the oil through the brain cured us both.

>

> s--- In @... , <katie.mcdermott@> wrot

> >

> > MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children of mothers who have

> > autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and

> > celiac disease have up to a three times greater risk for autism, a new

> > study finds.

> >

> > Although the association between autism and a maternal history of type 1

> > diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis had been found in earlier research,

> > the researchers behind the new study say that theirs is the first to

> > find a link between autism and celiac disease. People with celiac

> > disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye and barley.

> >

> > " This finding reinforces the suggestion that autoimmune processes are

> > connected somehow with the cause of autism and autism spectrum

> > disorder, " said researcher W. Eaton, chairman of the Department

> > of Mental Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at s

> > Hopkins University. " This finding is on the pathway of finding the cause

> > of autism. "

> >

> > Eaton noted that there is no clinical significance to the finding but

> > that it could guide future research as scientists try to pin down the

> > cause or causes of autism.

> >

> > One reason autoimmune diseases might have a role in autism is genetic,

> > Eaton said. Children who are born underweight or premature are at higher

> > risk for autism, and both of these obstetric problems are associated

> > with celiac disease, he added.

> >

> > " There may be an overlap in the genetics of some of the autoimmune

> > diseases and autism that would not be trivial, " he said. " Autism is

> > strongly inherited, but we don't have the faintest idea where. But this

> > may point a flashlight to areas of the genome that connect to autism. "

> >

> > In addition, there might also be environmental triggers that affect the

> > fetus, he said.

> >

> > The report is published in the July 6 online edition of Pediatrics.

> >

> > For the study, Eaton's team collected data on 3,325 Danish children

> > diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, including 1,089 diagnosed with

> > infantile autism. The children were born between 1993 and 2004, and

> > their data was part of the Danish National Psychiatric Registry. Data on

> > family members with autoimmune diseases came from the Danish National

> > Hospital Register.

> >

> > The researchers found that children whose mothers had autoimmune disease

> > were at a higher risk of developing autism spectrum disorder than

> > children of mothers who did not have these conditions. In addition, the

> > risk of infantile autism was increased in children with a family history

> > of type 1 diabetes.

> >

> > The increased risk that autoimmune diseases contribute to autism is not

> > huge, Eaton said.

> >

> > " The increased risk for type 1 diabetes is a little less than two times,

> > for rheumatoid arthritis it's about 1.5 times and for celiac disease

> > it's more than three times, " Eaton said. " That's enough to impress an

> > epidemiologist, but not enough to make anybody in the general population

> > start changing their behavior. "

> >

> > Dr. Hjordis O. Atladottir, from the Institute of Public Health at the

> > University of Aarhus in Denmark and the study's lead researcher, said

> > that the findings are important because they support the theory that

> > autism is somehow associated with disturbances in the immune system.

> >

> > " It is important to emphasize that these results should not cause worry

> > or be unsettling for parents or future parents with any of the

> > above-mentioned diseases, " Atladottir said. " The large majority of

> > people affected by an autoimmune disease do not have children with

> > autism. "

> >

> > Autism expert Dr. Brosco, a professor of clinical pediatrics at

> > the University of Miami School of Medicine, said the study

> > reinforces the association between autism and a mother's autoimmune

> > disease or, in the cases of type 1 diabetes, a mother's or father's

> > condition.

> >

> > " This study confirms that we still don't know what's going on in autism

> > but suggests there is something interesting about autoimmune diseases in

> > parents of children with autism, " Brosco said.

> >

> > Though there seems to be a connection between autism and some parental

> > autoimmune diseases, he said, the mechanism of that interaction is not

> > known. It could be associated with the diseases themselves, it could be

> > that the genes associated with autoimmune diseases and autism are

> > located near each other or it could be that an autoimmune disease

> > changes the quality of a pregnancy, which results in circumstances that

> > increase the risk for autism, Brosco explained.

> >

> > " These findings are not going to change anything anyone does, " Brosco

> > said. " You are not going to treat any patients differently. There is no

> > strong evidence for changing clinical practice, but it does help

> > scientists who are interested in autism understand what are the next

> > questions to ask. "

> >

> > Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer for Autism Speaks, said that

> > evidence is increasing that the immune system might have a role in

> > autism.

> >

> > " One of the things we are realizing about autism is that it is not one

> > disease but rather many different diseases or conditions that has many

> > different etiologies, " Dawson said. " This may be one cause or one risk

> > factor, and if it interacts with a genetic vulnerability, it can

> > increase the risk for autism, " she said.

> >

> > SOURCES: W. Eaton, Ph.D., Sylvia and Harold Halpert professor

> > and chairman, Department of Mental Health, s Hopkins Bloomberg

> > School of Public Health, Baltimore; Hjordis O. Atladottir, B.M.,

> > Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark; Geraldine

> > Dawson, Ph.D., chief science officer, Autism Speaks; Brosco,

> > M.D., Ph.D., professor, clinical pediatrics, University of Miami

> > School of Medicine, Miami; July 6, 2009, Pediatrics

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > __________________________________________________________

> > McDermott

> >

> > New Product Services (NPS)

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