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Autism Spectrum Dissorder
Autism is part of a spectrum of disorders—Asperger’s syndrome and PDD-NOS—that are known as autism spectrum disorders. These children suffer from a set of mental andemotional issues.
- Poor or complete lack of communication skills
- Poor or complete lack of eye contact
- Poor socialising skills,
- Repeated stereotype behaviour
In addition, children with autism spectrum disorder tend to suffer from many physical conditions, such as frequent infections, constipation, or diarrhoea. These happen due to errors in metabolic pathways, malabsorption, bad gut health, deficiencies, etc.
In Aspergers syndrome, there is restricted and stereotypical behaviour with motor clumsiness but no delay in communication or cognitive development. It is likely to be due to genetic reasons like autism, where brain mapping shows non-specific differences when
compared to normal kids. In PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder), symptoms are milder than in autism, and some symptoms are absent.
Even though nothing has been established yet, some of the accepted reasons for autism as a cause are as follows:
- Genetics has been accepted as the most probable cause. It is said that neural defects happen during the development process.
- Teratogenic agents are taken before the first eight weeks of conception.
- Thimerosal in childhood Vaccines (kids have poor capacity to excrete Mercury) and MMR vaccines (measles virus in the vaccine). Though there is an oblique reference to them as causative agents, these are not scientifically validated.
- Autoimmunity affecting the gut, parasitic and yeast infection—possible factors that cause leaky gut—have been found in some kids. They appear to be more of a maintaining rather than causing factor.
Treatment
It is one thing to know about a disease and talk volumes and theorise, but from a parent's perspective, it is the solution that matters the most.
Homoeopathy works on the principle of "like cures like.” This is how vaccines work: an attenuated version of a virus, when injected into the body, gives you protection from the wild-virulent version of the same virus when encountered. In homoeopathy, we have thousands of remedies capable of producing an immune response that can be used to treat any disorder.
However, in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, we adopt a holistic approach, which covers all aspects of it and can be done as follows:
- Speech therapy and occupational therapy: one must continue to engage the kids with quality speech and occupational therapy as they lack the ability to learn spontaneously.
- Supplements and detoxification: Since they suffer from deficiencies, they benefit from taking supplements. A few kids who exhibit the signs and symptoms of leaky gut, such as distension of the abdomen, irregular stool—constipation, diarrhoea,
flatulence, etc.—show improvement in their autism-related signs and symptoms when they are put on a gluten- and casein-free diet, popularly known as the ‘GFCF’ diet. - Homeopathic treatment: With homoeopathy, we can effect changes in the following categories:
- Brain: Improving the blood supply to aid in the development of nervous tissues by using low-potency remedies such as Baryta M, Baryta C, Calcarea phos, etc.
- Behaviour: We can treat individual behavioural symptoms by using remedies such as Tarentula hispanica, Hyoscymus, etc.
- Recurrent infections: To treat recurrent infections, we can use Morbilinum, Tuberculinum, etc.
- Endocrine functions: In some cases where mother during pregnancy had issues like hypothyroidism, we can use remedies like Thyroidinum.
- Gut issues: To treat gut issues such as gut dysbiosis, malabsorption, indigestion, colics, leaky gut, constipation, diarrhoea, and food allergies (wheat, sugar, and milk), we use bowel nosodes.
- Detoxification: By using ‘Cease therapy’, i.e., low-potency homeopathic remedies like Mercurius solibilis, we help reduce the toxic effect of mercury. Besides, remedies like Cardus Marinus Pentarkan help improve liver function in children with sluggish-hypofunctioning liver. Azardica indica is a herbal remedy that is used for general detoxification. Homoeopathy, when correctly applied with speech and occupational therapy, can definitely help children suffering from autism in a big way.