pathologies associated with autism - provide descriptions

[Guest guest]

" Fletcher, MD "

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From Anne Dachel:

Dr. Fletcher, the former chief medical officer in Britain and an

outspoken critic of vaccine oversight as I mentioned yesterday, is also

looking at other health problems accompanying autism.

I received several responses and passed them on to him. He's interested

in learning more about these health issues.

I honestly can't think of anyone with an autistic child who doesn't have a

list of problems their child also has along with the autism.

We made so many trips to the emergency room for bronchitis and ear

infections .....

ANYWAY..........I'm sure he'd be interested in YOUR STORIES. Those of you

who are doctors have plenty of examples to pass on, I'm sure.

Fletcher

FrostyAnne

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Re: Fw: " A new and serious problem "

Dear Anne

The following is a list of clinical pictures I have gained from parents

reports and other information. I was most interested in your recent batch

of e-mails and stories of heat/cold abnormalities. Any more info which

would fill out this list would very helpful.

Basically normal birth and development for first 12-18 months with all

normal behaviour patterns and speech abilities. There is a slight

suggestion that a greater than expected level of pharyngitis, tonsillitis

and similar upper respiratory tract infections may be observed in these

children

Regression with loss of most learnt capabilities following this period of

normal development.

Loss of eye contact and other social communication and awareness. This

may occur over weeks or longer but is frequently sudden - as if the

telephone line had been cut. Many parents thought their child was deaf

because of lack of communication but noticed that a knock at the door or

similar noises elicited a response in the child so it could not be

deafness.

Diarrhoea/constipation and other signs of bowel disorder

Abdominal pain, often severe and apparently causing the child to adopt

strange positions and agitation such as bending forward or backward across

the arm of a chair

Gait disturbance such as tip-toe walking. This is a very uncommon

observation in some normal children but invariably stops spontaneously but

in these affected children it persists. Some parents have said it may be

associated with abdominal pain.

Abnormal thirst not caused by diabetes mellitus. This is probably a

deficiency of vasopressin which is another abnormality of the

hypothalamic-pituitary system known as diabetes insipidus. It is of

interest that Insel has described behaviour of oxytocin knockout

mice (oxytocin is almost the same as vasopressin) which is just like

autism !!

Dysregulation of body temperature - severe sweating, episodes of

hyperpyrexia in the absence of apparent infection sometimes persisting for

days. Less frequently insensitivity to excessive heat.

Temper tantrums and aggressive behaviour probably related to insight into

the child’s disabilities.

Repetitive muscular activity

Dietary intolerance – gluten etc

Sleep disturbance – awake at night asleep in the day etc. This is a

common feature of senility !!!

Insight and distress at their own disabilities. I have heard of children

who have little or no speech but can communicate by drawing or even

writing which indicate awareness of their frustrations.

Tendency to self harm and dangerous behaviour (running across busy roads).

Please tell me more

Regards