Infections during pregnancy cause autism in children

Bacterial infections during pregnancy diagnosed by doctors in hospitals, increasing the risk of having a child with autism. This conclusion was American scientists from the Research Center at the insurance company Kaiser Permanente.

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A group of researchers led by Dr. Lisa Kron studied 407 children with autism in 2075 of their peers who did not have the disorder, which is selected in the control group. To the attention of the researchers were children born from January 1995 to June 1999, covered by Kaiser Permanente health insurance for at least the first two years of life.

"Although infection in pregnant women were quite common, our study showed that the vast majority of them does not increase the risk of autism in children - says Lisa Kron. - Only those bacterial infection Who have been diagnosed by doctors in a hospital, is dangerous. We found that these mothers often give birth to babies with ASD ".

Among infections increase the risk of autism by 58%, that women are in the hospital, the study mentions bacterial infection   the genitals, urinary tract and amniotic fluid. However, the percentage of children born with autism, even taking into account this risk factor was low. So women, faced with bacterial infections, children with ASD   born in the 1, 5% of cases, while women in the control group at 0, 5%.

The greatest danger is posed by bacterial infections during the second trimester. In this case, the risk of autism in a child increased more than threefold. (READ MORE)

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