I found one of the causes of autism children

In children suffering from jaundice at birth, much more frequently than others subsequently diagnosed with autism. These data were obtained in the course of extensive research.

However, the study conducted Danish scientists say that many questions still remain unanswered. And it is too early to say whether there is a real causal connection between neonatal jaundice and autism in children .

The most important risk factors autism In addition to genetics, the environment is the impact of pregnancy and shortly after it. This reminds Dr. Hannah Gardener of the University of Miami, which is not related to the study.

Neonatal jaundice It is a fairly common disease that is caused by the fact that the yellow pigment bilirubin in the bile builds up faster than the liver has time to process it. In more than half of the children born at term, there are signs of yellowing of the skin or eyes in varying degrees. Usually it runs by itself and is rarely harmful to health.

Autism It occurs in about one in every 110 births in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control. In the study Dr. Rikke Damkayera from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, it was found that children with autism   at birth were twice as likely the rest of the kids were brought to the emergency department. The most common cause of hospitalization was neonatal jaundice .

Investigations continued in the period from 1994 to 2004. Of 733,826 children born during this period, from 35 766 had been diagnosed at birth jaundice , From 1721 subsequently developed various psychological disorders, and in 577 - autism .

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