The development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a child can be prevented in the early stages of fetal development. Fetal programming can help parents in this regard, a psychiatrist of the Russian Center for Scientific Chemistry, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Research Institute of Pediatrics and Child Health, told socialbites.ca. Akkadian BV Petrovsky Natalya Ustinova.
“This is the theory that environmental cues during fetal development play a fundamental role in determining lifelong health trajectories. This approach identifies controllable factors that can increase the likelihood of having a healthy child. This is a basic healthy lifestyle that avoids medications that trigger ASD,” the expert says. said.
It is also extremely important to prevent premature birth, which includes competent supervision of a gynecologist before birth and during pregnancy.
Swedish scientists from Lund University have discovered that premature birth may be one of the main reasons for the development of ASD in children. Ustinova noted that this is not the only study confirming that a child born prematurely has an increased risk of developing neuropsychological developmental disorders, including autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as the condition is now commonly called.
“It is important to emphasize that premature birth is perhaps not the beginning, but one of the stages of the process in which ASD is formed. Research also identifies common risk factors for prematurity and autism: metabolic disorders, diabetes, malnutrition, and high maternal body mass index. But the link between prematurity and autism does not necessarily mean that one causes the other. Ustinova noted that researchers are interested in possible genetic and environmental factors that affect both preterm birth and autism.
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Previously gynecologist Ilyina in the name Six factors that cause premature birth.