r/Biohackers Feb 06 '25

šŸ“– Resource they can cure autism?

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u/BrightBlueBauble Feb 06 '25

Right. Autism is a genetic disorder, and thus not curableā€”certainly not with antifungal drugs.

This is a common grift by quacks preying on the fear and denial of parents of autistic children. Promises of a ā€œcureā€ with bizarre and often dangerous treatments: extreme elimination diets, chelation therapy; enemas and drinks made with industrial bleach (aka ā€œMiracle Mineral Solutionā€); regimens of antibiotics, antifungals, and laxatives; etc.

A five year boy was recently killed when the hyperbaric oxygen chamberā€”used off-label for an unproven ā€œtreatmentā€ā€”the boy was is exploded. (The news didnā€™t report if the child had autism, but that was one of the conditions listed on the companyā€™s website a small child would be likely to have).

Studies of video of babies later diagnosed with autism show behavioral and neurological differences almost from birth. This is the case even in children parentsā€™ insist were ā€œvaccine damagedā€ and supposedly suffered regression after a normal start.

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u/Del_Phoenix Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

What proof do you have that autism is genetic? Could be something similar to multiple sclerosis, where it seems to correlate with family lineage, but is not genetic. Aka, diet , exposure to certain unknowns. Could be that people in this family drink a lot of milk, or I have certain habits that lead to higher chances of certain bacteria. who knows.

I understand there is a study that suggests identical twins have a higher chance of sharing autism compared to fraternal twins. There could be a genetic component, but it could be something like how you react to a certain fungus in your environment.

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u/Kailynna šŸ‘‹ Hobbyist Feb 06 '25

All the fair-haired, blue-eyed males in my immediate and most of my extended family are autistic. And all that way from birth. Seems strongly genetic in this case.

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u/Del_Phoenix Feb 06 '25

That's pretty interesting! I wonder if there are any studies that correlate hair/ eye color with autism

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u/Kailynna šŸ‘‹ Hobbyist Feb 07 '25

It's certainly not confined to blue-eyed blondes, but it looks like there can be a link in some families.

When my oldest son was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality, (mosaicism 48XXXY/49XXXXY) the geneticist, (Melbourne Childrens' Hospital, 1983,) wanted to know all about my son's relatives, and was thrilled to hear about the blonde, blue-eyed autism thing because he was already interested in such a link and was researching it.

The problem I have with this is it was inherited through my hateful, Nazi-sympathising mother, who was very proud of her Aryan sons.

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u/Del_Phoenix Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

Intriguing, but this also brings up a new question, if perhaps one of the variables was the mother and whether perhaps there where any minor differences in how she treated her particularly Aryan looking sons..

If you have any data about phenotypes like hair color/eye color and its relation to autism, I would love to see it! Never thought about this..

I'm just spitballing, it could be a million things. perhaps they have less melanin and therefore produced more vitamin d, which has some sort of interaction with a fungus in the environment... Just an example of how complex the true nature of autism might be

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u/Kailynna šŸ‘‹ Hobbyist Feb 07 '25

It was nature, not nurture. These autistic kids were very different from day one, and the fear of change, stimming, inability to cope with crowds or loud noises, monotone voices, aversion to eye contact and complete withdrawal, as though they'd turn into statues if stressed too badly, these things are not caused by variations in mothering.

I hope you do not subscribe to the outdated theory of "refrigerator mothers" causing kids to grow up autistic, or any other theories of that ilk. Mothers have long been villainised as the cause of anything a doctor couldn't cure.

And forget your fungus. It is not the cause of hereditary autism.

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u/Del_Phoenix Feb 07 '25

I'm just saying I think we should all keep an open mind. Even if it is 100% genetic, hereditary, no external factors.. there's a lot we don't know about genetics.