Transcript Research and Data showing the link between Lyme disease

Research and Data showing the link
between Lyme disease/Borrelia and
Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Lets compare numbers..
Top 15 states for Autism (2005)
Top 15 states for Lyme disease
(2005)
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Minnesota
Oregon
Maine
Indiana
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Michigan
Maryland
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
California
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Hawaii
Virginia
11 Out of the top 15
states
overlap for
incidence of
Autism and Lyme
Delaware
Connecticut
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
Wisconsin
Maryland
New Hampshire
Maine
Minnesota
Vermont
Rhode Island
Virginia
West Virginia
Informal Lyme-Autism Study
Testing Methods/Criteria
• IFA and Western Blot IgG and IgM were performed by IgeneX
Inc.
• Patients were NOT screened. The criteria was that the child
needed an autism, pdd-nos or asperger’s diagnosis PLUS
some sort of immune dysfunction.
• It was attempted to get matching controls for each child.
• Samples were taken from CA, NV, AZ, IL,NY, NJ, WI, TX.
Informal Lyme-Autism Study
Testing Methods/Criteria
• 19 autistic samples were obtained and 5
controls
• Positive result would indicate one or more
borrelia specific bands testing positive.
• Ambiguous result would indicate 2 or more
indeterminate bands which are borrelia
specific. (this would indicate a possible re-test
after a treatment trial.)
Informal Lyme-Autism Study
26.32% of
autistic kids
were positive
45.00%
40.00%
35.00%
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
0% of
controls were
positive.
Autistic Samples
Controls
Positive
Lyme Specific
Bands
Ambigous
Result
What does 26.32% of autistic children
affected mean?
At least……
132,000 children
with autism could be affected by Lyme Disease
(borrelia bacteria)
Where are they, why aren’t they being diagnosed and treated?
Number and % of samples tested positive for
IgG and IgM against Borrelia
30%
25%
3/12
25%
20%
3/12
4/18
22%
25%
12/54
22%
2/12
17%
15%
10%
5%
0%
N. Ca
E. Coast-1
E. Coast-2
E. Coast-3
Total
Autism samples from different clinics in Northern California, New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut. – Vojdani – 2007 as presented at the Lyme-Autism Connection Conference.
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Gestational Lyme Disease Case Studies of 102
Live Births
by Charles Ray Jones, M.D., Harold Smith, M.d. Edina Gibb, and Lorraine Johnson, JD, MBA
• 102 children with gestational Lyme Disease
• Mothers had either untreated or partially treated LD
• Children were diagnosed between the ages of 1 – 5 yrs old
• Symptoms were present in infants but overlooked until they
gradually progressed in frequency and severity.
Lyme Times, 2005 Summer Edition
Results
% of children with the following symptoms..
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27% - Cognitive delay
21% - Speech delay
19% - reading/writing problems
17% - articulation delay
13% auditory/visual processing disorder
12% Word selectivity
8% Dyslexia
23% Anger or Rage
13% Aggression or Violence
11% OCD
54% Irritability and Mood Swings
13% Emotional Problems
13% Depression
 7% - Suicidal thoughts
 56% - ADHD
 36% - Sensory sensitivity manifested
as hyperacuity
 43% Photophobia
 9% Motion Sickness
 23% Tactile, Taste or Smell
sensitivities
 9% Autism Spectrum
Disorder
But aren’t most of these symptoms Autism?
Lyme Times, 2005 Summer Edition
More research and awareness is on
the way..
• Lyme-Autism study in progress through Utah
State – grant provided by The Turn the Corner
Foundation.
• Plans for herbal treatment study.
• Educational seminars, online groups, website,
articles, parent mentors, conferences, physicians
training and think tanks to educate parents and
physicians.
Don’t leave these children in the dark. With autism at epidemic
proportions, parents need your support now.
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