Affiliation(s)
1. Center for Integrative Procedures and Supplements, Belgrade 11070, Serbia
2. Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade 11070, Serbia
3. Zdravlje Pharm, Brčko District 76100, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ABSTRACT
Autism refers a wide range
of conditions and the most prominent are challenges with social skills, repetitive
behaviors, speech disturbances. By now, it is known that there is no one type of
autism, but there are many of them which are caused by genetic factors and environmental
influences. Sometimes autism is called autism spectrum disorders which reflect the
wide variation in challenges and strengths possessed by each person with autism
(e.g., gastrointestinal disorders, seizures, sleep disturbances, attention deficit
and hyperactivity disorders, anxiety etc.). Around one third of all people with
autism remain nonverbal and have an intellectual disability. This condition can
be detected as early as 18 months, but the most obvious signs tend to appear between
2 and 3 years of age. Only early intervention in those patients can improve outcomes.
There are no many articles published regarding laboratory findings in autism patients.
By performing holistic approach in patient healing, we also face autistic children
in everyday practice. In this paper we represented case of twins suffering from
autism. We found that both of them had elevation of free
triiodothyronine, oxytocin, osteocalcin, and basophils. We found
that vitamin D level in both twins was lower than recommended. Further research
in this field is necessary to reveal whether these findings are causal factors for
autism or are an effect of the disease.
KEYWORDS
Autism, osteocalcin, thyroid
gland, vitamin D, oxytocin.
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