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Questions about folic acid

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When our son was 2 years old, diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Now he is just 2.5 years old.

Last day we get a blood analysis report for him. And we saw the folic acid result as 24.90 ng/mL. Normal values must be between 2.5 - 15 ng/mL, according to the report.

My wife was used so much folic acid supplement by doctor suggestion when she was pregnant. Could this have caused our son's ASD? This info is maybe unnecessary, but we are just curious.

And how can we decrease our son's folic acid value? In some contents, it says it can be caused developmental delays for this.

Where can I get any information about these situations?

Thanks.

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  • Does he have low vitamin b12 levels? That can cause folic acid to be high because there’s not enough b12 to work with it. I don’t think the pregnancy supplements probably have much effect because all pregnant women are advised to take them. Or did you mean your wife was advised to take the high dose because there was a risk of spina bifida?

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  • Does he have low vitamin b12 levels? That can cause folic acid to be high because there’s not enough b12 to work with it. I don’t think the pregnancy supplements probably have much effect because all pregnant women are advised to take them. Or did you mean your wife was advised to take the high dose because there was a risk of spina bifida?

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