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Urine Test For Autism
An anonymous reader writes "Defining and diagnosing autism has been a controversial process — but may be a little less so now. Children with autism have a different chemical fingerprint in their urine than non-autistic children, according to new research. The difference stems from a previously documented difference in gut bacteria found in autistic individuals. The possibility of a simple pee test matters because currently, children are assessed for autism through a lengthy testing process that explores a child's social interaction, communication, and imaginative skills. Being able to identify the condition earlier and at a lower cost could leave more time and money for treatment."
Thank you for proving my point in your first sentence. I will ignore your second paragraph, because it has to be the dumbest conclusion I have read today.
Killed people? Cite your source.
My nephew was cured after being diagnosed with autism....how, you may ask? By licensed doctors who applied legitimate biomedical treatment to deal with abnormal and anomalous readings found in blood and stool samples. It is really surprising to me that all you pro-pharma fools are so brainwashed, that in unison, you will call actual medical science (the process of identifying abnormal conditions in blood and stool and treating them) a fraud, yet you will call the doctor who renders a diagnosis of "autism" and recommend long term care as the only solution, using only casual observation as their diagnostic method, a "scientist".
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I don't see how this can be an accurate test, unless the bacteria is what causes it?
I fail to see the logic in this, if a person has an variance in their internal eco-system which causes a variance in their intestinal flora, how is that different from have a variance in the internal flora cause a variance in their internal eco-system? Most emerging research is pointing to ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, to being inherited with several genetic and epigentics markers, and possibly being exacerbated by environmental influences, such as maternal Vitamin D deficiencies during gestation and it's also highly plausible that ASD have some impairment in the heavy metal elimination mechanisms. The relationship between ASD and gastro-intestinal disturbances have long been recognised; even that quack Wakefield was a gastro-enterologist.
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a test gets us closer to a root cause and thus less credibility for the "vaccines cause autism" idiots
So here we have different gut bacteria, probably caused by and/or the cause of some difference in the way the gut lining works. It's already well known that gut lining disturbances can be autoimmune disease, and it's well known that vaccines can cause autoimmune disease.
Thus, credibility is not lessened. On the contrary, this may end up being a proven link.
Not that I'm saying there definitely is a link at all, but one has to be suspicious over the refusal to do the obvious double-blind study. (and before you say that the link-believers should fund a study, I'll point out that it's not in the typical family budget)