Statistics Show Rise in CFS/Autism

[Guest guest]

I've posted this previously to the group - but it seems that for some

it goes in one eye and out the other eye without being processed by

the brain. Maybe that is a result of having your brain fried with

microwaves.

****No its probably to do with all your bodily systems being messed up due

to glutathione depletion.

Regards

CS

[Guest guest]

I've posted this previously to the group - but it seems that for some

it goes in one eye and out the other eye without being processed by

the brain. Maybe that is a result of having your brain fried with

microwaves.

The Statistics

With the advent of the second generation cell phone going digital in

1990:

" The incidence of ME / ICD-CFS is known to be rising: in

April 1994, the insurance company UNUM (one of the largest

disability insurers) reported that in the five years from

1989 - 1993, mens' disability claims for CFS increased

360%, whilst womens' claims for CFS increased 557%. No

other disease category surpassed these rates of increase.

In order of insurance costs, ME/ICD-CFS came second in the

list of the five most expensive chronic conditions, being

three places above AIDS. At the Fifth American Association

of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome International Research and

Clinical Conference held in January 2001 in Seattle, the

Associate Director of the University of Washington's CFS

Research Centre (Dr N Afari) confirmed that the incidence

is indeed rising. "

www.meactionuk.org.uk/What_is_ME_What_is_CFS.pdf

" In the 1990s, reported autism cases among American

children began spiking, from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking

1 in 166 today. "

www.sciencedaily.com/cgi-bin/apf4/amazon_

products_feed.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup & ItemId=0312326440

It is possible that there might be a connection?

" Influenza deaths have increased substantially in the last

2 decades... "

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/2/179

" According to a recent study, the average number of

influenza-associated deaths was approximately 19,000 per

year from 1976 to 1990, but 36,000 per year from 1990 to

1999. "

http://www.antibiotic-consult.com/secure/articles/EMR121304.pdf

That's a dramatic increase - almost double - and (perhaps

mistakenly) attributed to the aging population and more

virulant strains but...

" Motorola introduced the 16-ounce " DynaTAC " phone into

commercial service in 1983, with each phone costing the

consumer $3,500. It took seven additional years before

there were a million subscribers in the United States. "

That's 1990. Maybe it's just a coincidence.

" In the 1990s, second generation (2G) mobile phone systems

such as GSM, IS-136 ( " TDMA " ), iDEN and IS-95 ( " CDMA " ) began

to be introduced. The first digital cellular phone call was

made in the United States in 1990, in 1991 the first GSM

network opened in Europe. 2G phone systems were

characterised by digital circuit switched transmission and

the introduction of advanced and fast phone to network

signalling. In general the frequencies used by 2G systems

in Europe were higher though with some overlap, for example

the 900 MHz frequency range was used for both 1G and 2G

systems in Europe and so such 1G systems were rapidly

closed down to make space for 2G systems. In America the

IS-54 standard was deployed in the same band as AMPS and

displaced some of the existing analog channels.

Coinciding with the introduction of 2G systems were trends

which meant that the larger " bricks " disappeared and tiny

100?200g hand-held devices became the norm. These trends

included technology improvements such as better battery

technologies and lower power electronics, but also are

largely related to the higher density of cellular sites

caused by increasing usage levels. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones

[Guest guest]

I've been lurking for a while and felt compelled to pipe in when

autism was mentioned.

I've also read that autism rates are just starting to drop as the

cohort of kids who didn't get as much thimerosal have grown into the

age bracket where diagnoses are made (age 3-6, when many of them get

to school). Also, I heard Cave, a well respected DAN

doctor, mention that the cases she's seeing now aren't as severe as

the kids born in the 90s who got the full mercury insult.

Both my son, formerly autistic, and I (CFS with mycoplasma

pneumonia, hypothyroid, chronically high EBV titres, PCOS, and a

just-diagnosed coagulation defect) had full genetic panels run

through Dr. Amy Yasko. My son has 14 out of a possible 40 mutations

and I have 20. After teasing out all his issues and getting him

to " nearly recovered, " I can't begin to point to a single trigger.

What has worked for him: chelation, anti-fungals, immune support,

anti-allergen and gluten-free and casein-free diet, low-dose

naltrexone, IV glutathione, enzymes, homeopathy, cranial sacral

therapy... Most of which I've tried myself with some degree of

success.

I think genetic predisposition + toxic environmental load = disaster

for those of us on this list. And that toxic environmental load

includes EVERYTHING...EMFs, new and improved viruses, overuse of

antibiotics, heavy metals, over vaccination, cr*ppy food, MSG, PCBs,

nutrition-free vegetables, GMOs, microwaves, artificial sweetners,

etc.

And while I need to understand the " why? " behind my kid's ASD and my

CFS, I really want to understand the " what can I do about it? " more.

JillR

[Guest guest]

Jill

Remember that McCandless, MD, is doing research now (second

round) on autistic kids and parents when they can afford the testing.

She uses GF,CF, etc diet along with low dose Naltrexone and a few other

things.

_www.starvingbrains.com_ (http://www.starvingbrains.com)

Autis_LDN group

mjh

" The Basil Book "

http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/

[Guest guest]

Oh absolutely! There was one book I read ( Shaw's Bioemdical

Treatments for Autism) that had a half-hearted joke about celiac and

gluten intolerance being more predominant in Ireland and Scandanavia

because wheat hadn't been around long enough to " kill off the weak

ones. " I'm partly Irish. My husband is East Indian.

However, in our glittering little genetic pool, the little ones

splashing around include: 2 cases of autism (my son recovered), 1

cleft lip, 1 dyslexic, 1 with serious asthma, and 1 kiddo with

significant language delay out of 7 kids in this generation. The

other autistic kid is my dh's nephew in India, who is profoundly

affected. And our adopted son (who is African-American) has a

language delay, terribly gut dysbiosis, and tons of food allergies.

So, it's not just me and my family of red-headed, pasty white under-

methylators who are in trouble.

[Guest guest]

JIll, is your son doing well now and you're doing better? If so, as

seems from your post, would you email me if you feel like, at

jenbooks13@...'m going to be writing about biomedical

approaches to autism, and the fact that parents have the SNP's both

makes sense and is fascinating and I'd like to know of a few stories

like yours...

Merck didn't actually pull thimerosal from the vaccines until 2001, so

for #'s starting to drop a bit in 2006 is just about right, as most

autism is diagnosed by age six. Still, it's not ENOUGH of a dip, it

would be nice to see a bigger one. However, that grapevine news from

Cave is intrigiuing.

> Both my son, formerly autistic, and I (CFS with mycoplasma

> pneumonia, hypothyroid, chronically high EBV titres, PCOS, and a

> just-diagnosed coagulation defect) had full genetic panels run

> through Dr. Amy Yasko. My son has 14 out of a possible 40 mutations

> and I have 20. After teasing out all his issues and getting him

> to " nearly recovered, " I can't begin to point to a single trigger.

> What has worked for him: chelation, anti-fungals, immune support,

> anti-allergen and gluten-free and casein-free diet, low-dose

> naltrexone, IV glutathione, enzymes, homeopathy, cranial sacral

> therapy... Most of which I've tried myself with some degree of

> success.

>

> I think genetic predisposition + toxic environmental load = disaster

> for those of us on this list. And that toxic environmental load

> includes EVERYTHING...EMFs, new and improved viruses, overuse of

> antibiotics, heavy metals, over vaccination, cr*ppy food, MSG, PCBs,

> nutrition-free vegetables, GMOs, microwaves, artificial sweetners,

> etc.

>

> And while I need to understand the " why? " behind my kid's ASD and my

> CFS, I really want to understand the " what can I do about it? " more.

>

> JillR

>

[Guest guest]

Byrd, RS, 2002. The Epidemiology of Autism in California: A Comprehensive Pilot

Study.

Report to the Legislature on the Principal Findings.

NYT coverage of this study

NYT editorial

LA Times editorial

After a 1999 study by public health authorities had indicated that California

was

experiencing drastic increases in the number of autism cases, skeptics had

attributed the

increase to greater awareness of the condition and more systematic and better

medical

diagnosis, or perhaps simply to the growth of California's population. To

determine

whether the increase was real, and if so, what could be concluded about its

origins, the

State Legislature requested that the University of Californiafs Medical

Investigation of

Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute conduct a comprehensive pilot

study.

The new study, led by Dr. S. Byrd, section chief of pediatrics at the

Univ. of

California at Children's Hospital, issued its report on 17 August 2002. It

concludes

there is " no evidence that loosening in diagnostic criteria contributed to an

increase in the

number of children with autism, and that, therefore, " some, if not all, of the

observed

increase represents a true increase in cases of autism in California. "

To read more go to:

http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/behavior/2002/2002-10byrd.htm

[Guest guest]

Byrd, RS, 2002. The Epidemiology of Autism in California: A Comprehensive Pilot

Study.

Report to the Legislature on the Principal Findings.

NYT coverage of this study

NYT editorial

LA Times editorial

After a 1999 study by public health authorities had indicated that California

was

experiencing drastic increases in the number of autism cases, skeptics had

attributed the

increase to greater awareness of the condition and more systematic and better

medical

diagnosis, or perhaps simply to the growth of California's population. To

determine

whether the increase was real, and if so, what could be concluded about its

origins, the

State Legislature requested that the University of Californiafs Medical

Investigation of

Neurodevelopmental Disorders (M.I.N.D.) Institute conduct a comprehensive pilot

study.

The new study, led by Dr. S. Byrd, section chief of pediatrics at the

Univ. of

California at Children's Hospital, issued its report on 17 August 2002. It

concludes

there is " no evidence that loosening in diagnostic criteria contributed to an

increase in the

number of children with autism, and that, therefore, " some, if not all, of the

observed

increase represents a true increase in cases of autism in California. "

To read more go to:

http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/behavior/2002/2002-10byrd.htm

[Guest guest]

From Nov 2005

>>California Reports: New Autism Cases Continue To Decline

Decline coincides with the phasing out of mercury from

childhood vaccines.

This announcement comes from California autism

advocate Rick Rollens.

According to information released today by the

California Department of Developmental Services

(www.dds.ca.gov), the number of new cases of professionally

diagnosed full syndrome DSM IV autism entering California's

developmental services system declined from 734 new cases

during the second quarter of 2005 (April through June) to

678 new cases during the just completed third quarter of

2005 (July through September), a 7 1/2% decline in one

quarter.

During the first three quarters of 2003 California

added 2449 new cases, last year in 2004, California added

2267 new cases of autism, and most recently, during the

first three quarters of this year, 2005, there have been

2148 new cases added to the system.

The recent continuing decline of new cases of autism

is occurring against the backdrop of over two decades of

record setting consecutive years of new cases of autism

entering California's 36 year old system.

Even with the declining numbers, autism as a

category, the other categories being mental retardation,

cerebral palsy, and epilepsy, now comprises 66% of all new

intakes, or 2 out of every 3 persons now entering

California's system has been professionally diagnosed with

full syndrome, DSM IV autism, easily making autism the

number one disability entering California's developmental

services system.

It is important to note, that in California's

developmental services system, children under the age of 3

years old are NOT counted in DDS's quarterly reports. Also,

only those persons with professionally diagnosed full

syndrome autism, not including PDD, NOS, Asperger's, or any

other autism spectrum disorder, are included in these

reports.

The latest quarterly report confirms the trend of

decreasing number of new cases entering California's

developmental services system.

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