[vickixxxx]

I’m going to keep posting on these autism links about lyme disease. My lyme specialist says autism is lyme disease. New study came out in Calf.that over 90% of kids with autism symptoms actually had lyme disease. Antibiotics work!!. My grandson was diagnoised with autism, but turned out to be lyme. Regular doctors are so far behind on this. Lyme tests are not very accurate. The western blot test is the best, and must be sent to Igenex in Calf.

[goodnesswins]

Interesting....do they get it in the womb?....we have friends with twin grandbabies....one is fine, the other ended up autistic....

[hellbender]

I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that Lyme causes all autism, but there is reason to believe that infections of some kinds can seriously damage the developing brain. I think there is evidence that a mother's having influenza during pregnancy can increase the risk of schizophrenia, for example.

Incidentally (and slightly off topic) did you know about the apparent link between Lyme and lichen sclerosus, a skin disease which can lead to cancer?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18490585

[MassRepublican]

Standard confirmation of a non-negative Lyme test is to do a Western Blot - all good labs will do that. It adds cost to the test, but it is the best, reliable way to confirm. Your doctor can check with the Lab’s Pathologist to check their testing protocol. Sometimes people are tested too early and their body has not yet started to develop antibodies to the Lyme.

[Kaslin]

My first initial reaction was to post to you, that you have to be kidding and that your Lyme specialist must be a quack, as I did some searches on Lyme disease and Autism and found no mention of a connection of either one.

Then I did a search on if there was a connection between autism and Lyme disease and found the following here

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Cause #3 Lyme Disease

Researchers recently discovered the Lyme disease bacteria Borrelia can lead to autism in some children. Fetuses and babies that hadn't been exposed to ticks were found to be infected with Lyme disease. The researchers discovered that this bacterium can be transmitted by a mother, who may unknowingly have Lyme disease, to her baby during birth, or in early childhood.

The researchers found that Lyme disease tends to run in families, passing from parents to children. If left untreated, it causes brain damage and many other hard to diagnose symptoms commonly found in autistic children.

This discovery led the researchers investigate the incidences of the Lyme disease bacteria in autistic children. Sure enough, they found this bacteria in many autistic children and their families.

The bacterium is able to get into the brain where it produces toxins, especially when children are exposed to it at a very early age. As with candida, Lyme disease alone isn't the only problem.

The toxins produced by the Lyme bacteria get stuck in the brain because glutathione needed to remove the toxins gets used up, and cannot be replaced because the child is not making enough glutathione. The toxins disrupt normal brain activity which leads to autism.

Many times the Lyme bacteria causes an inflammatory autoimmune response in the brain as the immune system tries unsuccessfully to deal with the Lyme bacteria. This autoimmune response is a main cause of autism symptoms.

Turning off the autoimmune response, killing the bacterium, strengthening the immune system against the Borrelia bacteria, and getting the cells healthier so they can resist it are all ways to help deal with this issue.

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So it looks like there is indeed a connection

[B4Ranch]

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