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Holidays 01/29/2011
How many of you allowed your kids to rummage their way through the holiday table of sweets and goodies? So many of my parents have proven to themselves that their kids get sick with gas, diarrhea, rashes and bizarre behaviors when they "cheat." Many have stopped giving the supplements. This is one of the ways parents can prove to themselves that elimination diet and proper vitamin and mineral supplementation actually makes their kids healthier and less symptomatic of their autistic traits. Now that the holidays are over its time to get back on track. Dont give your kids the foods they crave, give them the foods their bodies need! You'll be glad you did! Add Comment The Witch Hunt Continues 01/06/2011
In today’s media comes the continuing effort to discredit Dr. Andrew Wakefield's work on the autism/measles connection reporting that he fabricated his results in that some of his children in the study had autism before vaccination and some were actually never diagnosed as autistic subsequent to the MMR vaccine administration. Once again, the medical community is being swayed by out of context information and lack of knowledge about what actually causes autism. Those of us who are working in this area know with high degree of confidence that autism is really an autoimmune disorder previously thought to be behavioral, social and developmental in origin. The fact that we are saying that SOME children have been adversely affected by vaccines containing live viruses is being refuted by misinformation. In my opinion, the fact that TV doctors make statements to the effect that we are pouring tons of money into autism research when most of the money is going to study the effect of drugs on the behaviors of these kids is shameful. When will they start to address all the research that we have to support that research should be focused on the overall health and immune function of these kids?? Of course some of the Wakefield kids had autistic symptoms prior to vaccination. Basically, most of them do. However, parents are told by pediatricians that their concerns are unfounded and they are just nervous about having a baby. Parents of autistic children are tired of this rationale and find it offensive to their intelligence and their instincts. Too many times have I had parents crying in my office because no one will listen to them or even try to understand what their kids' problems are. Why must we move continue advocating the wonders of vaccination when many of these preventable diseases were on the decline before the vaccines against them were ever produced! We must address the mitochondrial-genetic bases for the kids’ immune systems to slowly get pushed "off track" so that the MMR vaccine or others finally push them "over the cliff!" We doctors need to spend more than the HMO allowed 7 minutes to evaluate and discuss the issues facing these patients. If we don’t, then we are all going to fail and the coming generation will soon be known as not GEN -Xers but GEN - A's for AUTISM! How will they live in this world and function as productive adults if we lead parents to believe that the status quo is just fine, when it clearly isn’t. Otherwise, how can we explain this medical epidemic called AUTISM in the first place?? Stop vilifying those who stop to ask the "WHY" questions and encourage the proper research into this medical condition. Not that this should be news to anyone but over 80,000 chemicals are on the market today. Barely 200 of them have been studied for safety. We have more illness, more autoimmune disease, more cancer and more AUTISM than ever reported in medical history! We also allow these chemicals to permeate our lives daily thinking they are actually safe when in reality they have NEVER BEEN TESTED FOR SAFETY! Isn’t it time that we prove something is safe for human exposure than wait to find out that it is toxic or dangerous to our children?? The Senate Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health concluded that we are merely "guinea pigs in an uncontrolled experiment." Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported these findings and his professional and personal concerns as a father on a CNN special aired in June. Medical research in the field of autism substantiates that our children have mitochondrial dysfunction resulting from epigenetic factors - the very toxins that pregnant mothers and their children are exposed to every day of their lives. We know that they show toxic levels of pesticides, lead, mercury and other environmental pollutants in their blood and urine samples. We know that these same toxins are found in the blood of newborn babies. We know that they are chemicals found in household cleaning products, shampoos, cosmetics, plastics, clothing, and bedding. We know that continuous exposure to electronics; TV's Cell phones, microwaves, cell towers create electromagnetic radiation that can harm us and our kids. All this coincides with the dramatic increase in Autism Spectrum Disorders in our country and most of the world! More kids are on medications for ADD and other neurodevelopment disorders. IQ's are affected inversely to the level of toxic exposure in children. We can no longer assume that our government is watching out for our safety. HOW MUCH MORE INFORMATION DO WE NEED TO SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL??? That is why biomedical investigation as to the etiology of autism is so important since we actually look for evidence of toxicity in our patients. Over 75% of autistic children (maybe higher) are poisoned and it’s about time we accept that fact and do something about it! "Some people think we're shaped primarily by genes. Others believe that the environment we grow up in is most important. But now evidence is mounting that a third factor is also critical: our uterine environment before we're even born." He goes on to address issues of obesity, diabetes and mental illness and how they are related in part to what happens in utero. He speaks of pregnant women and their exposure to chemicals and toxins, pesticides, smoking, alcohol and drugs, which are prevalent in low-income populations. I disagree! It's not low-income pregnant women who suffer these toxic exposures it is ALL WOMEN. The field of environmental toxicology stresses that we should be more careful about exposing pregnant women. How can we do this when there are over 80,000 known toxins including lead, nickel, cadmium, aluminum, PCB's, pesticides, dry cleaning fluids, bisphenols and dioxins that need regulation. These chemicals are widely used although they have NEVER BEEN TESTED FOR SAFETY!! As he says, "the uterus is not a diving bell that insulates its occupant from the world's perils" I agree with Mr. Kristof that it's now high time to take a closer look at unregulated chemicals that envelop us - and may be shaping our progeny for decades to come. This is the basis for our work; trying to unravel the biomedical, immunological epidemic that we call AUTISM. It is essential for any child being evaluated by medical professionals to have a complete history including how conception occurred (naturally or with hormonal intervention), what mom was doing during the pregnancy, (where she worked, lived, did she have any illnesses, medications, dental work or vaccinations?), and ultimately what were the circumstances of her labor and delivery (was she induced, was the baby delivered with vacuum extraction, forceps?) With this information we can determine some of the toxic insults that may have affected the baby and how this could potentially lead to the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders later on. Young teenagers who use acetaminophen (Tylenol) even once a month develop asthma symptoms more than twice as often as those who never take it. This reported by the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) based on data from over 322,000 children age 13 and 14 from 50 countries. Frequent users also had more eczema, eye and sinus problems - coincidence??? Acetaminophen interferes with glutathione production, the major detoxifying amino acid in our bodies - that is a fact as well. Quick Thought... 08/19/2010
Dr. Philip Landrigan of the Mount Sinai Medical Center told the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee that more research needs to be conducted on potential environmental causes of autism. In recent years, autism, previously thought to be a genetic disorder, now seems to have environmental factors such as pesticides and other chemicals playing significant roles in the cause of autism. To the patients in the world with autistic children - I heartily recommend that you investigate the likelihood that your child is poisoned! I also recommend chelation therapy to remove these toxins from their brains and bodies. Over 75% of parents (26,000+) support this clinical observation. While snowed in... 02/11/2010
In this months AAP News (the official newletter of the American Academy of Pediatrics) a recent article in The Lancet- "More study needed on antipyretics' effect on vaccine resonses" was reviewed. This article has caused confusion cioncerning the common practice ofrecommending prophylactic antipyretics sucha s acetaminophen (Tylenol) to children prior to or within 24 hours of receiving their immunizations to prevent fever and discomfort (Prymla R, etal. Lancet, 2009;374:1339-1350) When I was practicing general pediatrics, I recommended this preventative practice to all my patients. My son, in fact, was one of those kids who always ran high fevers (103-104 F) after routine immunizations. Apparently the study in two randomized controlled trials concluded that antibody response was diminished in response to some of the the vaccines that were administered if acetaminophen (or paracetamol in England and Europe) was given prophylactically to reduce fever and discomfort from the vaccines. It was also concluded that despite having statistically significant differences in the antibody response, the children had what would be considered protective levels of antibodies to all of the antigens given during the primary and booster series doses. My question is, knowing that acetaminophen inhibits the production of glutathione, the major detoxification agent on which our immune systems rely, is it possible that this reduction in immune response to the vaccines may also extend to a reduction in the immune response to other immune system stressors; eg: toxins, foods, inhalant pollens, medications etc. Unlike the authors of the study who felt that "for the individula child it is unlikely that prplylactic antipyretics would have any detrimental effect," I wonder if that is true for all children taking antipyretics like Tylenol for any reason. The authors do raise the concern that universal use of prophylactic antipyretics might have some implications for the community if the decreased level of antibody resonse has an effect o9n the frequency of development of the carrier state or transition. I wonder??? | AuthorDr. Michael Elice CategoriesAll ArchivesMarch 2011 |
