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This is mind blowing... if I understand correctly basically it’s moms immune system that induces autism, is this the correct interpretation? I’d imagine it’s
by sjg007 6y ago
This is mind blowing... if I understand correctly basically it’s moms immune system that induces autism, is this the correct interpretation? I’d imagine it’s more complicated but still... it gives hope that early intervention and maybe prenatal and postnatal treatments to reduce the incidence.
- msandford 6y agoWhat's super crazy is that if it's an autoimmune problem then the idea that vaccines cause autism might actually be right for a very small percentage of the population. If that were to be true (a HUGE if) and we could figure out the precursor markers then we could exempt the folks who need exemption and still keep herd immunity by vaccinating all the folks who wouldn't be harmed.
- sjg007 6y agoThat's a bigger leap but testable. You'd expect to find antibodies in the child for the brain proteins that aren't present in the mom.
- SubiculumCode 6y agoAs usual, while scientists cannot prove a negative, in terms of vaccine causing autism in a subset, all I can say that there is no proposed mechanism, nor evidence of that mechanism, for vaccines to cause autism in anyone.
- SubiculumCode 6y agoA growing body of evidence has implicated that a portion of the autism spectrum is probably produced my maternal infection and subsequent immune response during pregnancy. However, this cause of autism is not thought to account for all forms of autism.