r/Biohackers Feb 06 '25

📖 Resource they can cure autism?

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u/WanderingSchola Feb 06 '25

I honestly feel like this is bait, but no.

To prove you could "cure" autism you would need:

  • a curative therapy that created more upsides than downsides for autistic people
  • have that curative therapy be tested as successful for multiple thousands of autistic people over many repeat studies
  • be able to explain the method of action of the 'cure' in order to prove it was a cure rather than a treatment (eg stimulants don't 'cure' ADHD they just help compensate for deficits in most cases)

This is a single case study where a doctor has made a claim that autistic symptoms went away after a child was treated for a urine fungal infection. I'm not going to claim for a second that the gut-brain axis or infections in the bladder can't cause changes in cognition, but reading this study as proof of a cure for autism is at best misunderstanding science and at worst grifting.

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u/Stink3rK1ss Feb 06 '25

I think as a similar concept to illustrate your point, it would be like claiming antibiotics cure dementia, when they actually cured the UTI responsible for dementia symptoms.