Hard to tell what might be the real reason, but in the US of A: 50 years ago, 1 in 10 000, nowadays 1 in 90 children has some form of autism. "Luckily", mainly amongst those of Caribbean, African or Asian descent. Especially common amongst Somalis of Sweden and the USA. Almost non-existent in Somalia?
One possible reason seems to be propionic(?) acid produced in the gut by Clostridium difficile especially after anti-biotic treatment?? Propionic acid: C2-H5-COOH; ethylene: C2-H5-OH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scl2rrq7hCY --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > Er, study from 2007, though it apparently has been cited 81 times since then > according to google scholar, which is a respectable number. > > The consensus so far on autism and such things is that if a family has > history of autism, inflammatory responses in the mother during pregnancy are > going to increase chances that she will have an autistic child (the risk from > flu vaccine is far lower than from getting the flu while pregnant, however) > and that kids with autism tend to show worse symptoms when their brains are > inflamed, for whatever reason. > > > So the moral is: don't do unhealthy things while pregnant, and don't feed > your autistic kids things that make them sick. > > L > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2007/09/27/autism-study.html > > > > Scientists make gut-brain connection to autism > > > > Compounds produced in the digestive system have been linked to > > autistic-type behaviour in laboratory settings, potentially demonstrating > > that what autistic children eat can alter their brain function, say > > scientists from the University of Western Ontario. > > > > They announced their findings Thursday in Ottawa. > > >
