Link Between Autism & Lyme Disease

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See also: *Lyme & herpes in ME/CFS*

Help ME Circle, 20 June 2007; at Co-Cure:      

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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/6/prweb534519.htm

 

PRWeb

PRESS RELEASE

NEWSWIRE   2007-06-21

 

 

New Data Supporting the Link

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Between Autism and Lyme Disease

 

The LIA foundation plans to release new data at the Lyme-Autism Connection

conference this weekend linking Autism and Lyme disease.

 

 

" At this conference, we have presenters who will show that this connection is

real "

 

 

Corona, CA (PRWEB) June 20, 2007 -- News reports indicate a staggering number

of Lyme disease cases going unreported. With autism rates rising each year,

doctors are examining this new connection.

 

With new CDC numbers showing one of the largest populations of Lyme disease

sufferers being boys from the age of 5-14, this rings of déj B vu to parents of

children with autism. Young boys are the largest category of victims of

autism as well as Lyme

disease, which is caused by a bacteria called Borrelia Burgdorferi.

Interestingly, the symptoms of chronic Lyme disease when affecting the central

nervous

system are literally the same symptoms as autism spectrum disorder.

 

The LIA Foundation will hold its first conference this week in Irvine, CA, in

which new data will be released supporting this connection. " It's time that

parents and doctors start looking outside the box as to why these children are

so sick, " comments co-founder of the LIA Foundation, Tami Duncan. " At this

conference, we have presenters who willshow that this connection is real. "

 

" The increasing incidence of autism spectrum disorder (560,000 in the US) is

a serious threat to our children and in most cases the cause is still unknown.

Some clinicians and parents have noted chronic infections, including

tick-borne infections; including Lyme disease and the immune reactions to these

infections are sometimes associated with autistic symptoms and autistic spectrum

disorder. This meeting will review the data

regarding this observation and possible explanations of this association with

a goal to help reduce any preventable cases of autism spectrum disorder, "

states Robert Bransfield, M.D. of Red Bank, NJ.

 

Doctors are beginning to support this link. Joseph Burrascano, M.D., the Vice

President of ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Disease Society) states

his position on Lyme disease and Autism. " It is my contention that Autism is

an

inflammatory encephalitis cause by a pathogen such as Bartonella or

Mycoplasma. I share the view that Bartonella is a major infection that may

eclipse

Borrelia Burgdorferi as the ultimate cause of the morbidity in chronic Lyme

disease. Mycoplasma too is a major concern of mine- in reviewing my 7000+ cases,

those patients who were relentlessly chronic, all at one point or another in

their illness, were positive for

Mycoplasma. "

 

In fact, one speaker at the conference, Professor Garth Nicholson of the

Institute for Molecular Medicine has found that 58% of children with Autism

spectrum disorder are also harboring multiple-infections, specifically

Mycoplasma.

" Since these chronic infections like Borrelia, Mycoplasma and Bartonella are

known to suppress the immune system, it is not a stretch to assume that when the

child was injected with obscene

amounts of mercury, that his fate of having an autism diagnosis, would become

reality, " Duncan states.

 

Proof is on the way, with data to be released at the Lyme-Autism Connection

Conference this weekend and studies in progress, parents and doctors can be

sure to hear more about this in the coming months.

 

Conference information is available online at www.liafoundation.org . It is

going to be held at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, CA, June 22 - 24th.

Registration is available

at the door.

 

 

About Autism

 

Autism is a disorder that currently affects 1 out of 150 children. Boys are

the majority of those affected. The numbers of autism cases spiked in the

mid-late 90's and continues to remain high. The exact cause of autism is still

unknown, however, many

theories exist. Most children do improve with some sort of bio-medical

intervention.

 

 

About Lyme disease

 

Lyme disease is generally caused by a tick bite in which the tick transmits a

bacteria called Borrelia Burgdorferi. Symptoms of Lyme disease include, achy

joints, confusion, slurring words or word retrieval problems, brain fog,

sensitivity to light and sound.

Lyme disease in its late stage can be fatal, causing MS like symptoms and

debilitating its victims. Treatment for Lyme disease consists of antibiotic

therapy.

 

 

About the LIA Foundation

 

The foundation was started in September 2006 by parents of children with

autism and Lyme disease. Kathy Blanco of Beaverton, OR and Tami Duncan of

Corona,

CA are the founders. The foundations' goals are to educate families and

physicians on the link between Lyme and autism, bring physicians together to

form a

consensus for testing and

treatment options and to provide funding for research studies related to

autism and/or Lyme disease.

 

 

Contact information:

Tami Duncan

LIA Foundation

1771 Honors Lane

Corona, CA 92883

(951) 817-1173

 

 

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