發燒可能改善自閉症小朋友的行為-ABC News

[Ray]

之前帆爸就有發現這事情，帆帆發燒時，表現得並不像自閉症，能力好很多。而發燒過了以後，能力都有些許的進步。一直以為是帆爸腦袋昏亂了，看到這篇新聞，才發現原來真的有這回事，不是帆爸作夢。

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Fever May Improve Behavior in Autistic Kids
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=3938965&page=1

ABC News
Fever May Improve Behavior in Autistic Kids
If Valid, Link May Shed Light on the Biology of Autism

By CARLA WILLIAMS
ABC News Medical Unit

Dec. 3, 2007 —

Fevers could actually improve autistic behavior in children, new research suggests, hinting at the possibility of a biological cause behind the disorder that has proved so difficult for experts to understand.

Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore report that autistic children who are sick are less likely to make repetitive movements, use less inappropriate speech and are not as hyperactive as they normally behave.

"As a parent of a child with autism, I don't know why it happens, but I do witness how calm my son is when he is sick," said Marguerite Colston, parent and director of communications at the American Society of Autism (ASA).

"He can cuddle and is very calm, even looks me in the eye occasionally. His behavior is markedly different. I would love to hear more about why he reacts the way he does."

The behavior Colston describes has been observed by parents for years, but this is the first scientific study to investigate the issue. Researchers asked parents of 30 autistic children to evaluate their behavior during and after an illness.

They found that a fever of at least 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit improved symptoms such as arm flapping and body rocking, as well as irritability and hyperactivity.

Is Lethargy From Fever to Blame?

Of course, some experts are skeptical that sluggishness associated with the fever causes children to be less energetic. Deborah Fein, professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, says that because of the design of the study, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

"I do not think that the methods used are sufficient to rule out lethargy as a contributing factor, and the improvements she reported are all reductions in negative behaviors that could reasonably be related to slowing of activity levels," Fein said.

However, she adds that in some cases parents observe certain qualities that suggest fever may actually improve symptoms.

"One thing that parents have sometimes reported to me is actual improvements in eye contact, emotional relatedness and functional use of speech," she said.

"If these were shown to improve in a similarly controlled study, this would really argue against lethargy as an explanation, since it would be hard to imagine how lethargy could improve social relatedness."

Martha Herbert, an assistant professor in neurology at the Harvard Medical School and research adviser for the ASA, agrees.

"If the only change were a reduction in hyperactivity, you might attribute this change to lethargy," she said. "But & because many parents report that their children make more eye contact and are more socially related with fever, further study is needed using measures that are more sensitive to these levels of functioning."

The study, however, is still a preliminary one and some urge caution in interpreting the results.

"This is a very preliminary study whose main purpose is to set the stage for a bigger, better one & that is not just based on parental report and that has better controls," said Steven Goodman, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health in Baltimore.

"It is very unclear what a parent of an autistic child, or even researchers, would do with this information at this time. This will merely set up a number of questions to be explored in future studies."

But some believe that it brings scientists one step closer to discovering whether or not faulty nerve connections in the brain or imbalances in chemicals are at the root of the disease.

The ASA for example, says the study is a "very significant contribution to research" because it looked at the biological, and not merely genetic, causes of autism.

"This is a very important study for its small size, because it shows that severity of some things can change," said Herbert. "And it means that something biological that comes with fever is related to this change. This study has produced some very valuable clues to the autism puzzle."

Mechanism Remains a Mystery

Although fever appears to have the ability to change behavior, experts still can't explain exactly why this is the case.

The authors suspect that fever causes changes in the brain, influencing the connection between nerves or perhaps the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain, but they cannot say for sure.

Nonetheless, Herbert agrees with the authors that fevers may alter the brain at the cellular level.

"The first thing we would suspect would be substances that circulate in the blood when we have a fever, called cytokines," she said. "It's also possible that cell membranes or cell receptors function differently when they are hotter. Networks in the brain may function differently, or the energy metabolism in cells in the brain may change in autism."

If researchers can discover how fever improves conditions, they may be able to develop drugs that could act in the same way. Unfortunately, though, that prospect remains a long way off.

"This is a very interesting finding worthy of future investigation to see if it begins to reveal a clearer understanding of the mechanisms involved in the cognitive impairments in autism, which could ultimately yield a therapeutic intervention," said David Beversdorf, assistant professor of neurology at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus.

In the meantime, however, experts warn that parents should not induce fever in their children or withhold medical treatment to replicate the reported improvements in behavior.

"This [study] doesn't mean that children should have more fevers," said Herbert. "But it does mean that something about fevers relates to something that influences the autism, and this is a significant clue about how autism may work."

Copyright © 2007 ABC News Internet Ventures

[ada168]

陳立川博士的排毒課有提到，發燒是排重金屬的方法之一，但是自然發燒是可遇不可求，所以蒸氣浴或泡澡、泡溫泉這些人工發燒的做法都可以療育自閉兒，幫助排出重金屬、釋放電磁波。所以這幾年我最常帶小兒去北投泡湯，可以休閒又可以排毒。

另外，陳博士也介紹像印度的熱油療法、中國的針灸都可以啟動人體自癒機制。

新谷弘實醫師的書也寫著，人體內有些珍貴而奇妙的修護酵素，有些是要高溫下才會發生作用，但是酵素48度以上就會失效，所以也不能燒過頭。

[Ray]

最近帆發燒，比較不擔心，
有一大半跟這篇新聞有點關心

希望我們的小朋友都越來越好～：）

[enju]

小圓很少發燒, 一年難得一兩次.
殘念.

(滿9, 意7, 圓6)

[Ray]

小圓很少發燒, 一年難得一兩次.
殘念.

(滿9, 意7, 圓6)

張小帆幾乎每隔一個半月就會發燒一兩次，
現在破40度已經是很習慣的了（吃退燒藥以後還這麼燒喔）
像這次都在38.2~39.2飄的根本就是小case

果不其然，今天去上復健課，每個老師都稱讚帆的表現良好...

音樂治療師說，帆帆主動開口找他一起玩，還要老師跟他玩一樣的東西，也很能接受老師介入他的遊戲裡。
語言治療師則是說，帆帆看到老師打呵欠，就說「XX老師打呵欠、想睡覺了嗎？」看到老師弄鼻子，則說「XX老師挖鼻子」。

至於我們，則是很高興的發現，張小帆開始會主動發問了，
像是「把拔，我要開窗，可以嗎？」或者「我要放這裡嗎？」、「這裡要右轉嗎？」之類的，
聽了還挺高興的哩～

[enju]

我要開始帶小圓去病毒菌多的地方.

enju(滿9, 意7, 圓6)

[Ray]

我要開始帶小圓去病毒菌多的地方.

enju(滿9, 意7, 圓6)

哈哈，介紹張小帆的托兒所給需要的家長好了，
保證病菌非常充足:p

不過，不適合瞧不起病毒菌的小朋友

[ada168]

由於幾週前在北宜石牌下頭城九灣十八拐處騎自行車摔車，脖子嚴重扭傷，連三天胸悶、頭昏，簡直生不如死，經過整脊師的密集推拿、刮瘀，漸有改善，經整脊老師介紹，買了一組光譜能量熱療機自行復建，預計需兩週的療程，竟在密集照射四天後快速痊癒，它的譜頻比遠紅外線更寬，穿透力更好，可以達到皮下8公分，其功能宣稱短期可活血化瘀，長期可修復神經、提升免疫力、促進新陳代謝等，於是我想拿小兒來試試療效，現在每天等兒子睡著後朝他腦袋照40分鐘，至少當做人工發燒機來用，有益無害，果然一個禮拜下來，他的主動語言增加不少，會跟阿姨說「會冷，要穿背心」，昨晚還說「要去京華城逛逛」，睡眠品質也有改善，半夜很少踢我、翻身，眼神注視持續力也進步了，拼圖速度也快多了，前天上課還會要求老師任務少一點，只要做一項!
也許是我太久沒對他下工夫，因此對他的進步太敏感，但忍不住要跟大家分享!
還來不及把書櫥裡的「能量療法」、「光譜療法」找出來研讀就拿小孩來做「人工發燒機」實驗，這樣會不會太超過!?

[chyou2828]

你所提到的 頻普儀機,我約十年前是從大陸親友所獲知. 是一位大陸人發明的,有瑞士發的專利權. 這幾年我發現台灣也有開始賣了,但是售價最簡易型要五萬元. 同款式在大陸購買則台幣一萬元不到(十年前是五千元).
使用時要注意身上不能帶任何金屬物, 項鍊之類.
你很有耐心 , 會趁孩子睡著時使用, 是簡單又不錯的養生器材.

[ada168]

我所買的光譜能量熱療機根據廠商的資料是12年前Dr.Bland在美國ATC Nutriceucial Lab召集跨界專家團隊研發，來台灣銷售已4年了，可能跟大陸人開發的機器不同，但功能可能大同小異，它利用矽土加熱產生的光譜熱能與人體能量場的波頻共伴效應調整人體細胞回復原始自然的狀態(甚至可以讓紅血球變身為橢圓形，降低血栓機率)，喚起人體自我治癒的能力，與氣功、針灸有相似的理論基礎，由於我自己親身獲益，因此敢給我兒子試，不怕他燒壞腦袋(也許會燒好!)，但我不鼓勵大家盲目跟進，因為的確不便宜，單買一支要價3萬多元，我一次買2支一組也要將近6萬元，現在我們全家人輪流一有空就去照個20分鐘保健身體，看看能否早點回本!
如果有同樣效果又便宜的機器，還真想多買一組送回彰化去孝敬我爸媽，能否把購買管道告知我MIAL:mingtah@yahoo.com.tw不勝感激!

[Albertma]

我所買的光譜能量熱療機根據廠商的資料是12年前Dr.Bland在美國ATC Nutriceucial Lab召集跨界專家團隊研發，來台灣銷售已4年了，可能跟大陸人開發的機器不同，但功能可能大同小異，它利用矽土加熱產生的光譜熱能與人體能量場的波頻共伴效應調整人體細胞回復原始自然的狀態(甚至可以讓紅血球變身為橢圓形，降低血栓機率)，喚起人體自我治癒的能力，與氣功、針灸有相似的理論基礎，由於我自己親身獲益，因此敢給我兒子試，不怕他燒壞腦袋(也許會燒好!)，但我不鼓勵大家盲目跟進，因為的確不便宜，單買一支要價3萬多元，我一次買2支一組也要將近6萬元，現在我們全家人輪流一有空就去照個20分鐘保健身體，看看能否早點回本!
如果有同樣效果又便宜的機器，還真想多買一組送回彰化去孝敬我爸媽，能否把購買管道告知我MIAL:mingtah@yahoo.com.tw不勝感激!

請問有沒有詢問電話或網站可供參考呢？感謝您。

[estray]

不知是否巧合?我家弟弟前天退燒後,這兩天各方面都有進步, 眼神品質、主動性都有明顯的提昇

爸爸開玩笑說,乾脆每隔一段時間,就故意把弟弟"弄發燒",如此就能持續進步了@@

這樣瘋狂的想法, 大概只有星兒家長會有吧

[Wenyu]

請問有人要買光譜儀嗎?
我要買想找人一起殺價

[Wenmin]

我家弟弟也是生病後就明顯進步
但他只發燒過兩次.腸胃型感冒一次

腸胃型感冒那次拉10天肚子之後
回去上早療課老師都說明顯變了一個人
原本不配合. 變成笑咪咪上課

[ruest]

這個會有進步嗎
我家的發燒變的特別魯
有次就是去做語言評估非常的不配合
後來老師就說無法評估下次好了
我也覺得很奇怪為何情緒哪麼糟
剛好到一樓有免費量體溫結果ㄧ量38.5馬上掛號看醫生
我家上上個月燒到41度住院三天因為太高了變得全身懶洋洋
也沒有什麼進步阿
我想大家參考參考
每個孩子體質不同未必有效