Published on 12, July, 2020
Don't hate me for asking this question.
I went down a bit of a research rabbit hole earlier, I suffer from stress and the occasional digestive issues as well as being ND.
I was reading about gut biology/bacteria etc, when I came across an article about how the gut bacteria in autistic people can differ in make up,some research says it could be due to a restricted diet others point the finger at other factors.
While down this rabbit hole I read an article about infants/babies that are given high doses of antibiotics have a higher prevalence of developing ASD. This seemed like a genuine well researched and linked article and not the "vaccine" horror that went around. Part of it was to do with the antibiotics killing off the gut bacteria in early development.
My son who is autistic went into hospital at around six weeks old and was given very high doses of antibiotics, so I wondered if there was any truth to it or has it already been debunked.
I'm not trying to scare anyone off antibiotics as my son probably wouldn't have survived without them.
Anyway, here's the link if anyone is interested. Does anyone use probiotics etc and do you find them of benefit?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9355470/
Highly unlikely in my view. It seems like some of the same genes that cause autism can effect the immune system. And the gut microbiome can be effected by and effect the immune system. I don't think adjusting the gut microbiom is going to affect autism. Maybe in some supper rare cases it may reduce brain inflamation if brain inflamation is present. But that won't make autism go away because the underlining genes are still there. Posibly it might improve cognative function in general. Maybe in some very neich cases adjusting gut bacteria could make people, including potentially autistic people, more inteligent. If they have a cognative disability.
But that's just my opinion on the reserch btw. Not saying anything about your sons case.