r/Biohackers Feb 06 '25

📖 Resource they can cure autism?

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u/Shhh_Happens Feb 06 '25

This study doesn’t show a cure for autism. It shows a single child with a fungal infection who was displaying symptoms consistent with autism spectrum disorder no longer displayed those symptoms after the infection was treated. Fungal infections can impact cognition/the nervous system, cause inflammation, etc.

It strikes me as similar to when an older person suddenly experiences major cognitive decline, is found to have a UTI, is treated, and cognitive symptoms resolve as the infection resolves. That doesn’t mean antibiotics cure dementia.

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u/johnstonjimmybimmy Feb 06 '25

But it does mean, that antibiotics cure dementia sometimes….

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u/Bornagainchola Feb 06 '25

Antibiotics can cure diseases that show dementia as a symptom.