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Title: SAN FRANCISCO EAST BAY AUTISM/ASPERGERS CONFERENCE


1
SAN FRANCISCO EAST BAY AUTISM/ASPERGERS
CONFERENCE
  • DECEMBER 1-2, 2006
  • ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
  • PLEASANTON, CA

2
OVERVIEW BIOMEDICAL TESTING AND
TREATMENT OF AUTISM Jaquelyn
McCandless, M.D.

3
SUMMARY DAN! ASD BIO-MEDICAL TREATMENTS
  • 1) DIETARY RESTRICTION
  • 2) NUTRIENT THERAPY
  • 3) GUT PATHOGEN TREATMENT
  • 4) METHYLATION STRATEGIES
  • 5) DETOXIFICATION (CHELATION)
  • 6) IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT
  • 7) ANTI-VIRAL TREATMENT
  • 8) HBOT, NEUROFEEDBACK

4
WORLDWIDE ASD EPIDEMIC
  • FROM 2001-04, 1026 INCREASE IN FULL-DIAGNOSIS
    ASD SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PER US DEPT OF EDUCATION.
  • OVER 2 MILLION CHILDREN IN US HAVE ASD, OVER 6
    MILLION HAVE ADD/ADHD, OVER 2 MILLION TAKE
    RITALIN
  • INCIDENCE OF CLASSIC 110,000 TO ACQUIRED
    (REGRESSIVE) ASD 1150
  • RATIO - BOUSGIRLS 41 for ASD, ADD/ADHD,
    LEARNING/BEHAVIOR

5
AUTISM (ASD) CHARACTERISTICS
  • AUTISM SPECTRUM INCLUDES
  • AUTISM, HFA, ASPERGERS, PDD, ADD/ADHD
  • ? FAILURE TO BOND
  • ? LACK OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
  • ? AVOIDANCE OF EYE-TO-EYE CONTACT
  • ? DIFFICULTIES IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
  • ? REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS CALLED STIMMING

6
ASD BIO-MEDICALLY
  • GENETIC PREDISPOSITION ALLERGIES, AUTOIMMUNITY,
    FAMILY HISTORY
  • WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM, FREQUENT
    INFECTIONS/ANTIBIOTICS 1st YEAR
  • GUT INFLAMMATION, PATHOGENS
  • IMPAIRED NUTRITIONAL STATUS INABILITY TO
    EXCRETE THEREFORE ACCUMULATE HEAVY METALS IN
    THEIR BODIES

7
BASIC EVALUATION
  • HISTORY, PHYSICAL EXAM
  • BASIC GENERAL LAB SCREEN
  • CBC, URINALYSIS
  • SERUM CHEMISTRIES
  • THYROID PANEL
  • IRON PANEL

8
BASIC DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
  • FOR GUT
  • URINE ORGANIC ACIDS
  • COMPREHENSIVE STOOL STUDY
  • FOR NUTRIENT STATUS
  • ORGANIC ACIDS, AMINO ACIDS
  • RBC MINERALS, FATTY ACIDS VITAMIN PANEL

9
CLINICAL HISTORY EARLY INDICATIONS OF GUT
DYSFUNCTION
  • 1) FAMILIAL DIGESTIVE DIGESTIVE DYSFUNCTIONS
  • 2) INABILITY TO BREAST FEED
  • 3) PERSISTENT COLIC IN INFANCY
  • 4) FREQUENT INFECTIONS (E.G. EAR) LEADING
    TO FREQUENT ANTIBIOTICS
  • 5) REACTION TO CERTAIN VACCINATIONS

10
GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY SYMPTOMS REPORTED
BY PARENTS
  • PERSISTENT DIARRHEA AND/OR CONSTIPATION,
    BLOATING, GAS AND ABDOMINAL PAIN
  • SELF-RESTRICTION OF DIET
  • NIGHT WAKING REFLUX
  • GREATER ALLERGIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES

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G.I. HEALTH TREATMENTS PARENTS CAN DO
  • ELIMINATE SUGARS AND JUNK FOOD FOR EVERYONE IN
    THE FAMILY
  • READ LABELS ON FOODS, GET EDUCATED ABOUT TOXINS
    IN BOTH FOOD AND WATER
  • GF/CF/SF OR SCD DIET
  • ENZYMES AND PROBIOTICS
  • BASIC NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION

12
G.I. HEALING TREATMENTS THAT REQUIRE A PHYSICIAN
  • LAB TESTING FOR GUT PATHOGENS
  • ANTI-FUNGAL PRESCRIPTIONS RX
  • ANTI-BACTERIAL PRESCRIPTION RX (CLOSTRIDICA AND
    OTHER)
  • SECRETIN, VIT M-B12 INJECTABLES
  • IMMUNOGLOBULIN, IV OR ORAL, ENDOSCOPY

13
METABOLIC IMBALANCES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
  • MULTIPLE NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
  • ELEVATED IgG ANTIBODIES GLUTEN/CASEIN
  • IMBALANCE GUT BACTERIAL FLORA
  • URINE BACTERIAL/FUNGAL BYPRODUCTS
  • MYELIN SHEATH INJURY IN BRAIN
  • EVIDENCE OF IMMUNE IMPAIRMENTS
  • METHYLATION DISORDERS
  • INABILITY TO EXCRETE TOXINS/METALS

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ASD CAUSATION MODELS
  • 1) SIMPLY GENETIC?
  • 2) GUT HEALTH MEASLES, GLUTEN/CASEIN
    INTOLERANCE, ENZYME DEFICIENCY, FUNGAL
    OVERGROWTH MODEL
  • 3) TOXIC CHEMICALS/HEAVY METALS VACCINATIONS,
    AMALGAMS/FISH
  • 4) AUTOIMMUNITY, VIRAL MODEL

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GENETICS AS CAUSE?
  • RESEARCH HAS BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC
    CHROMOSOME OR LOCATION ON A GENE THAT IS THE SITE
    OF A PRIMARY AUTISM DEFECT.
  • GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PROBABLE

16
GUT HEALTH TREATMENTS THAT PARENTS CAN DO
  • ELIMINATE SUGARS AND JUNK FOOD FOR EVERYONE IN
    FAMILY
  • READ LABELS ON FOODS, GET EDUCATED ABOUT TOXINS
    IN BOTH FOOD AND WATER
  • GF/CF/SCD DIET
  • ENZYMES AND PROBIOTICS
  • BASIC NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION

17
GUT HEALTH TREATMENTS THAT REQUIRE A DOCTOR
  • LAB TESTING FOR GUT PATHOGENS
  • ANTI-FUNGAL PRESCRIPTIONS
  • ANTI-BACTERIAL PRESCRIPTIONS (FOR CLOSTRIDIA AND
    OTHERS)
  • SECRETIN, VIT M-B12 INJECTIONS
  • IMMUNOGLOBULIN, IV OR ORAL
  • ENDOSCOPY-ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES

18
WAKEFIELD INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN AUTISM
  • GUT BIOPSIES, 1998 MEASLES VIRUS DETECTED IN
    DENDRITIC CELLS AND MATURE LYMPHOCYTES IN 75/91
    ASD CHILDREN VS 5/70 CONTROLS WITH LYMPHOID
    NODULAR HYPERPLAXIA
  • NEW 2006 BUIE, KRIGSMAN VALIDATE WAKEFIELDS
    FINDINGS INCREASED GI INFLAMMATION IN ASDS WITH
    87 BIOPSIES SHOWING VACCINE STRAIN MEASLES IN
    GUT

19
GUT MEASLES ASSESSMENT
  • HISTORY, MMR RESPONSE
  • GUT ISSUES
  • RUBEOLA ANTIBODIES TEST
  • BRAIN AUTO-ANTIBODIES TEST
  • ENDOSCOPY
  • BIOPSY, CSF ANALYSIS
  • PCR (POLMERASE CHAIN)

20
MEASLES AND BRAIN VIRAL AUTO-ANTIBODIES IN ASD
  • SINGH 1998 70 OF AUTISTIC SERA HAD ANTI-MYELIN
    BASIC PROTEIN ANTIBODIES, NONE IN NT CHILDREN.
  • 57 ASD HAD ANTI-NEURON-AXON FILAMENT PROTEIN,
    NONE IN NT KIDS
  • HIGHER ANTI-MEASLES ABS THAN NT KIDS, MUMPS AND
    RUBELLA NOT DIFFERENT FROM NTS

21
GUT MEASLES TREATMENT
  • DIETARY RESTRICTION
  • ENZYMES
  • GENERAL IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT
  • METHYLATION
  • DECREASE HEAVY METALS
  • HEAL LEAKY GUT
  • ANTI-OXIDANTS
  • LIVER SUPPORT
  • ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES
  • HIGH DOSE VIT A PROTOCOL

22
HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN A FOR GUT MEASLES
  • BAKER - McCANDLESS PROTOCOL
  • 200,000-400,000IU ORAL 2 DAYS EVERY SIX MONTHS
    IF 3 OF 5 POSITIVE
  • 1) HISTORY OF REGRESSION AFTER MMR
  • 2) PERSISTENT GUT PROBLEMS, PAIN
  • 3) MORE THAN SLIGHTLY ELEVATED IgG SERUM RUBEOLA
    ABS
  • 4) ELEVATED ANTI-MBP ANTI-NF ABS
  • 5) ENDOSCOPY SHOWS ILH, CSF/BIOPSY, PCR VACCINE
    STRAIN MEASLES

23
ANTI-FUNGAL PRESCRIPTIONS (BASED on 40-50
CHILD)
  • DIFLUCAN (FLUCONAZOLE - PRIMARY ONE I USE)
  • 4-5mg/kg/day for 3-4 weeks in divided doses
  • NIZORAL (ITROCONAZOLE -GOOD FOR LOWERING
    TESTOSTERONE)
  • 5mg/kg/day for 3 weeks in divided doses
  • SPORANOX (USE WHEN RESISTANCE TO FLUCONAZOLE)
  • 75-100mg/day for 3-4 weeks
  • NYSTATIN (TOPICAL MANY YEAST OUTGROW), BENIGN
    INEXPENSIVE
  • 250,000 units qid
  •  

24
ANTI-BACTERIAL PRESCRIPTIONS (Based on 50 child)
  • FLAGYL (clostridia, parasites) 250mg BID for 10
    days
  • BIAXIN 125mg/BID (tonsillitis, sinusitis)
  • GENTAMYCIN 40-80mg BID for 10 days
  • VANCOMYCIN 1 gram/day in 1/4 gm QID doses 5-10
    days
  •  

25
NEUTRACEUTICAL COMPANIES I USE MOST FREQUENTLY
(U.S.)
  • ECOLOGICAL FORMULAS 800-888-4585
  • KLAIRE LABS
    866-216-6127
  • INTEGRATIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
  • (NF FORMULAS/TYLER) 503-582-8386
  • THORNE RESEARCH 800-228-1966
  • VITAMIN RESEARCH 800-877-2447
  • KIRKMAN LABS 877-365-9265
  • PHYSIOLOGICS 800-765-6775

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SUMMARY RX GUT DISORDER
  • RESTRICTIVE GF/CF/SF DIET, PROBIOTICS
  • REMOVE OFFENDING FOODS PER IGG HYPERSENSTITIVITY
    TESTING
  • REPLACE NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, ENZYMES
  • TREAT FOR PATHOGEN OVERGROWTH
  • WITH NATURAL PRESCRIPTIVE ANTI-FUNGALS,
    BACTERIALS

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TREATMENTS BEYOND THE BASICS
  • TRIO
  • 1) GLUTATHIONE, TD-ORAL-IV
  • 2) TTFD (ALLITHIAMINE AUTHIA)
  • 3) M-B12 SUBCUT INJECTIONS
  • QUARTET
  • 4) ADD FOLINIC ACID

28
METHYLCOBALAMIN
  • VIT B12 LEAST TOXIC, BEST TOLERATED
  • UPTAKE FROM ORAL INTAKE LOW, PARTICULARLY IN
    GI INFLAMMATION.
  • VIT B12 PLAYS KEY ROLE IN GSH STABILIZATION
    REDUCTION STATUS FOR ENDOGENOUS ANTIOXIDANTS
  • DIFFICULT TO TEST FOR DEFICIENCY
  • ULTRA HIGH DOSES MAY REGENERATE NERVES

29
GLUTATHIONE (GSH)
  • NATURALLY OCCURING TRI-PEPTIDE FROM CYSTEINE,
    GLUTATMIC ACID, GLYCINE
  • PRESENT IN ALL LIVING CELLS,
  • HIGHEST LEVEL FOUND IN LIVER
  • INHIBITS FORMATION OF FREE RADICALS
  • DETOXIFIES HARMFUL COMPOUNDS.
  • DEFICIENCY INCREASES SENSITIVITY
  • TO THIMEROSAL AND OTHER
  • PRO-OXIDANT AGENTS.

30
GLUTATHIONE, Contd.
  • ENHANCE GSH LEVELS BY HELPING BODY
    MANUFACTURE IT
  • VIT C, E, A-LIPOIC ACID (ALA), N-ACETYL CYSTEINE
    (NAC), SELENIUM, GLUTAMINE, AND SILYMARIN
  • VITAMIN B12 HELPS MAINTAIN GLUTATHIONE IN ITS
    USEFUL REDUCED BIOLOGICAL STATE.

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TTFD (ALLITHIAMINE)
  • TTFD THIAMINE TETRAHYDROFURFURL DISULFIDE,
    SYNTHETIC COUNTERPART TO ALLITHIAMINE, DERIVATIVE
    VIT B1 (THIAMINE), FOUND IN GARLIC.
  • THIAMINE WATER-SOLUBLE, REQUIRED METABOLISM
    PROTEINS, CARBS, FATS
  • THIAMINE DEFICIENCY IN ALCOHOLISM, MALNUTRITION,
    USE OF CERTAIN DRUGS

32
TTFD, CONTD
  • GENTLE CHELATOR FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, ALUMINUM,
    LESS FOR HG
  • NON-TOXIC, NO PRESCRIPTION NEEDED, TRANSDERMAL
    CREAM TWICE DAILY

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TRIO QUINTET DOSES
  • 1) GLUTATHIONE (GSH)
  • 150 MG BID ORAL, 125 MB BID TRANSDERMAL,
    300-600MG IV WEEKLY
  • OR BI-WEEKLY OR MONTHLY
  • 2) ALLITHIAMINE (TD-TTFD)
  • 50 MG 2X DAILY (COMPOUNDED
  • OR AUTHIA)
  • 3) METHYLCOBALAMIN (INJECTABLE M-B12) CONC
    25-MG/ML, 64.5 MCG/KG 2X/WEEK
  • 4) FOLINIC ACID, 400-MCG TWICE DAILY

34
TOXICITY
  • TOXIC CHEMICALS
  • HEAVY METALS
  • GLUTATHIONE
  • VACCINATIONS
  • AMALGAMS, FISH INGESTION

35
DETOXIFICATION OF HEAVY METALS
  • DMSAORAL, TD, NEW - SUPPOSITORIES
  • DMPSORAL, TD, IV
  • CaEDTA--- IV, SUPPOSITORY
  • TTFD (AUTHIA) - TD

36
VIRAL-IMMUNE ISSUES IN AUTISM
  • EVIDENCE OF EFFECTS OF PSYCHOTROPIC VIRUSES IN
    AUTISM OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY DISORDERS
  • POSITIVE RESPONSES TO ANTI-VIRAL TREATMENTS IN
    AUTISM

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HEALTHY IMMUNITY
  • BALANCE BETWEEN Th1 - Th2, SWITCHES BACK AND
    FORTH AS NEEDED
  • INABILITY TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY TO Th1 CHRONIC
    INFECTION CANCER
  • OVERACTIVE Th2 RESPONSE PLAYS ROLE IN
    AUTOIMMUNITY AND ALLERGIES

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UNHEALTHY IMMUNITY
  • FAILURE OF THE Th1 ARM OVERACTIVE Th2 ARM
  • AIDS, CANCER
  • CFS (FATIGUE)
  • CANDIDIASIS
  • MULTIPLE ALLERGIES
  • MCS (CHEMICAL)
  • AUTISM

40
Th1/Th2 BALANCE
  • Th1 CELLULAR IMMUNITY, DIRECTS NK T-CELLS AND
    MACROPHAGES TO ATTACK ABNORMAL CELLS AND
    PATHOGENS INSIDE THE CELL
  • Th2- HUMORAL IMMUNITY, CREATES ANTIBODIES TO
    NEUTRALIZE FOREIGN INVADERS OUTSIDE CELL

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IMMUNE-ENHANCING
  • OMEGA-3 FATTYACIDS
  • GLUTATHIONE
  • METHYLCOBALAMIN/FOLINIC
  • DIETARY RESTRICTION
  • PROBIOTICS
  • VITAMIN C, E, A, CO-Q-10
  • ANTI-FUNGALS
  • ANTI-VIRALS

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NATURAL ANTI-VIRALS
  • LAURICIDIN (ENVELOPED VIRUSES)
  • GARLIC, OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT
  • GLUTAMINE, PROBIOTICS
  • BLACK ELDERBERRY
  • OIL OF OREGANO
  • IP- 6 (INOSITOL HEXAPHOSPHATE)
  • GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT
  • PROTEASE ENZYMES (VIRASTOP)
  • HEALTHY LIFE STYLE

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ANTI-VIRAL PRESCRIPTIVES
  • GENERAL IMMUNITY
  • ORAL, IM, IV IMMUNOGLOBULINS
  • LOW-DOSE NALTREXONE
  • ACTOS
  • ANTI-VIRALS
  • VALTREX (PRIMARY ONE I USE)
  • FAMVIR
  • ACYCLOVIR FOR SMALL CHILDREN

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LIFE-STYLE ANTI-VIRAL MESSAGES
  • EAT LOTS OF FRESH VEGETABLES
  • DONT SMOKE
  • GET ENOUGH SLEEP
  • DONT EAT JUNK FOOD
  • DONT DRINK TOO MUCH ALCOHOL
  • NURTURE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
  • DO WORK YOU BELIEVE IN
  • LAUGH AT YOURSELF
  • IF VACCINATE, GET HG-FREE!!!!

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SUMMARY DAN! ASD BIO-MEDICAL TREATMENTS
  • 1) DIETARY RESTRICTION
  • 2) NUTRIENT THERAPY
  • 3) GUT PATHOGEN TREATMENT
  • 4) METHYLATION STRATEGIES
  • 5) DETOXIFICATION (CHELATION)
  • 6) IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT
  • 7) ANTI-VIRAL TREATMENT
  • 8) HBOT, NEUROFEEDBACK
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