Obviously, autism awareness and education is a big deal for me. I saw this story at CNN today and wanted to bring your attention to it. If you have time to read it, I would appreciate it.
As the story says…”Although autism will be diagnosed in more than 25,000 U.S. children this year, more than new pediatric cases of AIDS, diabetes and cancer combined, scientists and doctors still know very little about the neurological disorder.”
I work with children that are on the Autism “spectrum” at a preschool level, I have a brother that is Autistic and have been studying it since I was a young teenager. Ultrasounds are always overlooked, here is something to think about, that you may want to make others aware of as well.
Source: Wikipedia.com “ultrasound”
When ultrasound enters the body, it causes molecular friction and heats the tissues slightly. This effect is very minor as normal tissue perfusion dissipates heat. With high intensity, it can also cause small pockets of gas in body fluids or tissues to expand and contract/collapse in a phenomenon called cavitation (this is not known to occur at diagnostic power levels used by modern diagnostic ultrasound units). The long-term effects of tissue heating and cavitation are not known.[7] There are several studies that indicate the harmful side effects on animal fetuses associated with the use of sonography on pregnant mammals. A noteworthy study in 2006 suggests exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development in mice. This misplacement of brain cells during their development is linked to disorders ranging “from mental retardation and childhood epilepsy to developmental dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia, the researchers said. However, this effect was only detectable after 30 minutes of continuous scanning.
Having done independent research for the past 20 years and NOT tied into any pharmaceutical funding or ties, I am constantly amazed at the blanket denial, which raises red flags immediately, of pharma’s attempts to deny autism’s link to vaccines. In particular, my findings have found that foreign viruses are the main culprit in causing auto-immune conditions such as autism, asthma, diabetes, allergies, ADHD, etc. Mercury and aluminum synergistically exacerbate the individual effects of these heavy metals and cause cognitive dysfunction and have been implicated in the rise in Alzheimer’s. Google search Dr. Hugh Fudenberg, considered one of the world’s top immunogeneticists who conducted a 10-year study and found that receiving 5 consecutive flu shots increases one’s risk by 10x of developing Alzheimer’s. Flu shots have now been recommended for pregnant women, and infants. There is no safe dosage for mercury and/or aluminum, however, the EPA’s ‘allowable’ daily dosage is 0.10 mcg per kilo of body weight. With babies routinely receiving 12.5 mcg. of ethyl mercury contained in thimerosol within hepB shots, they would have to weigh over 200 # to ‘allowably’ accept this amount of mercury. Flu shots contain 25 mcg. of ethyl mercury and DT (diptheria-tetanus) shots also contain 25 mcg. of ethyl mercury, again contained within thimerosol, a cheap and often ineffective preservative (check out the Chiron flu shot failure). There is NO such thing as a ‘mercury’ or ‘preservative’ free vaccine. Thimerosol is used in the beginning stages of vaccine production and cannot be filtered out entirely due to the protein antigens binding to ethyl mercury. The FDA can stipulate that a vaccine is ‘preservative or mercury free’ if the mercury content falls within a certain threshold. An independent lab test found that in ‘mercury free’ vaccine lots, there were miniscule to large amounts of mercury still present. Also, the EPA only ‘asked’ the vaccine manufacturers to consider discontinuing using thimerosol in their vaccine lots. All other over the counter products were banned from using thimerosol, but the drug cos. were given carte blanche to continue using it. To admit that thimerosol could conceivably cause myelin sheath damage which contributes to neuron death, will not happen under the federal regulatory agencies’, i.e. FDA, CDC, NIH, etc. watch. The revolving door between these agencies and former pharmaceutical reps/executives is ongoing and there is serious conflict of interest, although they will deny it to your face. There is no objectivity or regard for the public’s safety. This is all about fear and money, end of story.
Concerning suspicions about a link between autism and vaccinations, some have suggested that it may be preservatives or formulants in the vaccine.
I am wondering if the medical research community has investigated whether autism might be linked to the virus itself or the autoimmune system response. Although the virus in many vaccines is killed, in others the virus is weakened.
The reason I am asking is that I recently read that some mental disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder have been shown to be linked to bacterial infections in childhood years.
I believe we need to study a sector of society that doesn’t have this problem which in turn will answer the questions. Amish and Mennonite populations have almost a nonexistent percentage of autism in their children. The families are often 6 or larger and yet diseases which affect us remain relatively low or none at all in their communities.
I don’t know this to be fact but one would have to assume much of it comes from vaccines, preservatives in food stuffs and quite possibly the amount of chlorine and carcinogens in our water supplies.
Sorry I forgot to post the link;
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/05/04/amish-autism-part-one.aspx
MariClare - You are absolutely right. I am the grandmother of 13 yr. old Jacob, autistic. His 7 yr. old twin brothers are NOT and are NOT vaccinated. Also, little use of antibiotics, preservatives in food, proper diet, etc. for the twins. Might also be genetic - my son (not their father) actually showed some of the signs of autism in his first year - but now at 44, is just fine - figured he would NOT be fine if he had the overwhelming Number of vaccines as Jake did or the other assaults on his immune system like there is now. Probably also the reason for ADHD, asthma, etc. - all are relative to immune systems issues. Maybe if we all use our voices, something will be done. Our most awful feelings are when we see 3 year old kids STILL being diagnosed with this - in 10 years, SOMETHING should have been done.