AUtism

We can help patients with autism through the use of HBOT, Nutrition Consultation, and Microcurrent.

Testimonials and Videos

 

This presentation was given by Dr. Ron Grabowski, RD, DC. Download a PDF version here.

 

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has become an important treatment in autism. Research has shown that many individuals on the autism-spectrum have poor blood flow to various regions of their brains that control speech, attention, etc.

Also, brain inflammation is often seen in autism too. HBOT helps to address both problems – lack of blood flow and poor oxygen delivery, as well as brain inflammation.

This presentation discusses the science behind HBOT and why it can be useful in autism. Also, discussed are the pros and cons of inflatable chambers versus hard shell chambers and the information you need to make an informed choice regarding this potentially helpful therapy.

 
 

Treatments

HBOT

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can help people with autism through reducing inflammation in the brain an gut. This can lead to improved language, cognition, GI function, and behavior.

Nutrition

Our approach to nutrition can help people with autism through using food, supplements, and lifestyle to positively affect how you feel, while preventing, healing and sometimes curing chronic illness.

Microcurrent

Microcurrent therapy can help people with autism through reducing pain in inflammation in the body. Microcurrent can also help calm anxiety for people with autism.

 

Resources

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for Autism: An Introduction
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for Autism: An Introduction

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for Autism: An Introduction

  • This article focuses on a doctor whose chose to put his son with Autism into a retrospective HBOT study.

  • The doctor found improvement in language, sociability, GI function, and cognition.

  • This improvement is due to an increase in blood flow in the brain and reduces inflammation. 

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy might improve certain pathophysiological findings in autism
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy might improve certain pathophysiological findings in autism

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy might improve certain pathophysiological findings in autism 

  • This article looks are a variety of symptoms associated with autism, and how HBOT assisted in the treatment of these symptoms.

  • The study looked at cerebral hypoperfusion, neuroinflammation, gastrointestinal inflammation, immune function, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, neurotransmitter abnormalities, toxin exposure, dysbiosis, porphyrin production, and stem cells. 

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Thai Autistic Children
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Thai Autistic Children

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Thai Autistic Children​​​​​​​ 

  • This article discusses a scientific study involving 7 Thai children with autism who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

  • 75% of the children had improvements in social development, fine motor and eye-hand coordination, language development, gross motor development, and self-help skills. 

Ian Testimonial
Ian Testimonial

  • This short article focuses on how HBOT therapy helped Ian, a child with autism, gain more control of his body and life.

Treatment of Neurologically Impaired Adults
Treatment of Neurologically Impaired Adults

  • In this article, doctors treated nine adults with toxic encephalopathy, and two children, one with toxic encephalopathy and the other with autism. 

  • Patients underwent HBOT for 10 day, for one hour each time. 

  • HBOT lead to significant improvements in the patients, without side effects.

  • Additionally, the article shows brain scans of the progress HBOT made.

HBOT May Improve Symptoms in Autistic Children
HBOT May Improve Symptoms in Autistic Children

  • This longer article focus on how oxygenating the brain through HBOT allows children with autism to have improved function.

  • The improved function is achieved through reducing neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and stem cell mobilization.

  • To test improvement levels, researchers used the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), and Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS).

  • The results found that HBOT was well tolerated by all 6 children with no side effects. More dramatic improvements were found in children age 4 and under when compared to those in the older group.