AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
— The Lyme-Autism Connection,
a book written in collaboration with the Lyme-Induced
Autism (LIA) Foundation, provides critical new
research on the emerging science supporting a link between Lyme disease
and childhood developmental disorders.
Awareness of the Lyme-autism
connection is spreading rapidly, among both parents and practitioners. Medical
Hypothesis, a scientific, peer-reviewed journal published by
Elsevier, recently released an influential study entitled "The Association Between Tick-Borne Infections, Lyme
Borreliosis and Autism Spectrum Disorders." Here is an excerpt from
the study:
hronic
infectious diseases, including tick-borne infections such as Borrelia
burgdorferi,
may have direct effects, promote other infections, and
create a weakened, sensitized and immunologically vulnerable state
during fetal development and infancy, leading to increased vulnerability
for developing autism spectrum disorders.
An association between Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections and
autistic symptoms has been noted by numerous clinicians and parents."
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From
the Book's Introduction: The Twin Epidemics
Over the last decade, two disease
epidemics have gone from mild ripples in the water to roaring, ravenous,
all-consuming tidal waves, destroying thousands of lives and tearing
apart countless families.
These two diseases are Lyme disease and autism. Until recently, these afflictions were believed to be unrelated. Actually, that is an understatement. They were believed to have absolutely nothing in common, occupying distinct and opposite positions in the medical field. Whereas bronchitis and Strep throat have some relationship in that they are both infections, Lyme disease and autism were thought to have nothing in common at all—one is a tick-borne infection which healthy people contract while camping, and the other is a prenatal brain development disorder. Recently, however, science has found similarities between Lyme disease and autism that cannot be ignored. When one looks beneath the surface of these seemingly diverse disorders, the underlying discoveries are shocking.
These two diseases are Lyme disease and autism. Until recently, these afflictions were believed to be unrelated. Actually, that is an understatement. They were believed to have absolutely nothing in common, occupying distinct and opposite positions in the medical field. Whereas bronchitis and Strep throat have some relationship in that they are both infections, Lyme disease and autism were thought to have nothing in common at all—one is a tick-borne infection which healthy people contract while camping, and the other is a prenatal brain development disorder. Recently, however, science has found similarities between Lyme disease and autism that cannot be ignored. When one looks beneath the surface of these seemingly diverse disorders, the underlying discoveries are shocking.
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