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Can Lyme Disease Cause Autism To Be Transferred From Mother To Children?
Good Day .... i got to know that antibiotics such as amox(i)(y)cillin can be used to treat Autism as the new rearches found out that lyme desease is the reason and it is transfered to children by mothers and the treatement protocol is long range one ... can you please give me any advises .
Mon, 25 Feb 2019
Hi,
It is certainly a theory which some people have been promoting for some time but the truth is that the research available to support this point of view is not universally accepted nor is it plentiful enough to state that in all likelihood it is true.
Many do not even believe that long term antibiotic treatment for diagnoses of Lyme Disease is appropriate in the setting of JUST elevated or present associated titers thought to be in addition to the conventional ones usually assayed for in cases where clinical data is more recognizable.
I've had several patients go this route who were on long term regimens of antibiotics (1-2 years) and experienced no physical changes in either cognitive or behavioral parameters. It was also never clear they ever had Lyme Disease or ever actually got rid of it.
My advice is to be very careful in choosing doctors or clinics who support and promote this theory with too much vim and vigor without considering or telling their patients about the controversy that surrounds the topics so that patients can make their own informed choices as to whether or not they should commit to these treatments.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
It is certainly a theory which some people have been promoting for some time but the truth is that the research available to support this point of view is not universally accepted nor is it plentiful enough to state that in all likelihood it is true.
Many do not even believe that long term antibiotic treatment for diagnoses of Lyme Disease is appropriate in the setting of JUST elevated or present associated titers thought to be in addition to the conventional ones usually assayed for in cases where clinical data is more recognizable.
I've had several patients go this route who were on long term regimens of antibiotics (1-2 years) and experienced no physical changes in either cognitive or behavioral parameters. It was also never clear they ever had Lyme Disease or ever actually got rid of it.
My advice is to be very careful in choosing doctors or clinics who support and promote this theory with too much vim and vigor without considering or telling their patients about the controversy that surrounds the topics so that patients can make their own informed choices as to whether or not they should commit to these treatments.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
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