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How to find the most siutable homepathic drug for autistic children?

There is no such a book of recipes that would allow to prescribe a homeopathic medicine to a child. Almost any drug – polihrest or small drug of animal, vegetable or mineral origin may be necessary in each individual case. Here is my approach to such cases.

First, I talk to parents to get as a clear picture about the problems of the child, his health, success in learning, behavior, communication, habits and nature as possible. Very observant parents can be extremely useful for obtaining information. If the child is too young, can not or does not want to talk to me, the parents’ story is very helpful. I, as far as possible, try to consider this case as “childish” and not “parent” and weed out any speculation of parents who may be inaccurate or biased.

I estimate if a child can communicate with me and vice versa, if I can communicate with him and how much. Most parents views rather well the likelihood of whether the child will talk to me about half an hour or an hour and a half. They can properly determine how long their child wants to communicate with me, however, they may also be surprised at how well their child is communicating. Children express their feelings in a fresh, spontaneous and sincere manner that is inaccessible to parents when we talk about images and visions from their own world. If the child can not or doesn’t want to speak to me directly, one of the possible ways is communocation with the help of parents as mediators or interpreter. It takes much time, but it’s better than no information from the child at all. In this case everything is important!

The more expressive and open the child, the greater the possibility to prescribe the right drug, suitable for his specific symptoms, feelings, hobbies, obsessions, fantasies, images and dreams. Once the child begins to speak, no matter about what, he reveals himself and gives a clue for those medications that he needs. It does not matter whether he describes difficulties of his favorite video game or describes in detail how he feels when he cannot find the right words for the story. All it says about him and about the drug he needs.

If the child is not capable for verbal communication, the case is becoming more interesting. Here if necessary everything depends on if the parents understand their children, their experiences, behaviors, reactions, physical symptoms, history, any injuries during pregnancy, trauma in children, observations of relations with family members and with other children. Sometimes the child is so unique that the correct medication can be found without his direct assistance. But if I have an opportunity to enter the world of the child and learn him, the case is becoming more saturated and I am more sure about the right medicine prescription.

How can parents of autistic children best support the homeopathic treatment

Find a homeopath whom you trust and who has experience of treating children with autism.

Take his treatmens at least for one year. It can be very difficult to find a correct medicine, it can take certain time.

If you want to use other kinds of treatment in addition to homeopathy, first consult your homeopath. This is especially important at the beginning of the treatment, when the homeopath is trying to find an appropriate medication for your child.

If your child faces any acute illnesses during the course of the treatment, seek for the homeopath’s advice before giving him traditional medications, except in emergency situations.

Try to be a shrewd and attentive observer to report objectively about symptoms and changes to your homeopath.

It is very difficult to bring up an autistic child especially if he has brothers and sisters. Try to have the same attitude to all family members to meet the needs of everyone. A sick child’s requirements may seem onerous and intense, but it is very important to maintain balance and harmony in the whole family.

Breathe deeply, take your time and remember that you and your baby are doing your best.

How common is autism? Why does its spreading increase?

Parents, teachers and health workers are concerned with the spread of diseases of autistic symptomatology. Prior to the beginning of the last decade the number of the spread was 20 persons from 10 000. By 1997 this figure had doubled to 40 – 50. Number of children who in 1997 was treated against autism in the U.S. increased sharply by 56% in 1991-1997 to about half a million, that is one child from every 400. The same trend is observed in the UK. Enormous impact that these kids have on their families, school systems and community resources costs more than 30 billion dollars per year in the U.S.

What is the cause of such an active spread of autism in the U.S. and UK? There are a lot of fact indicating for immunization. Some people argue that the spread of autism is directly linked to an increase in vaccines number used in children, as well as the vaccine MMR (against measles, mumps, rubella). Children get more than thirty different vaccines have not yet reached the age of two. Possible connection with vaccination is of particular interest for homeopaths, who believe that the less vaccines the better, only certain vaccines against tetanus and polio are an exception.

A large number of parents of autistic children blame the MMR vaccine. They rely on the study of children who have experienced a short-term deterioration, similar to autism, after they had been injected the vaccine MMR. In some cases, these children fever, hearing loss and inflammation of the intestine. The next problem is whether this vaccine has been tested enough before prescribing for such large number of children. In our practice we have treated children who were perfectly healthy before injections of the vaccine MMR, and after this they showed signs of autism. In many cases the relation is noticed, but the time frame does not allow to state for sure.

Also the question of possible connection with the toxicity of mercury from thimerosal contained in some vaccines remains controversial. For twenty years, from 1970 to 1990 when the incidence of autistic children in the U.S. rose twice, vaccines containing thimerosal have been used more widely.

Homeopathy has advantages in treating children with autism

Homeopathy has several advantages over conventional medicine in treating children with autistic symptoms. First, homeopaths like those people who are somewhat different – whose symptoms are strange, unique and unusual. It is these unusual symptoms that allow us to prescribe homeopathic remedies. A homeopath, treating a child with autism, wants to uncover what sets him apart even from other children with the same disease. Such symptoms as walking on tiptoe, flapping hands and an obsession with trains, may seem strange and extrinsic to behavior of many children, but they are usual for autistic children. Therefore, it is useful for the homeopath to treat several children with autism at the same time to understand what distinguishes each of them.

The second homeopathy advantage is the fat that we treat a person as a whole – all symptoms and not part of them. Let’s take for example a child with delayed speech, hypersensitivity, intestinal problems, such as chronic constipation or incontinence, and with impaired social functions. A traditional doctor, or even a holistik and doctors of some unconventional medical branches will treat each issue separately. But a homeopath will not. A homeopathic monomedication may correlate with all these symptoms. Of course, parents have a choice and they can add something else, like a diet without casein and gluten, dietary supplements, busy the child with something, try a treatment byt he use of sensory integration and other kinds of treatment that may be useful. But it may be unnecessary if a correct homeopathic medicine is prescribed. I find it more effective to try homeopathic medicine without any other therapy, and then assess the results.

Third, these children may be too sensitive and fussy to tastes and smells. Homeopathic remedies are very tasty – kids even ask for them often. There may be no need to to give them too often – in some cases only one dose is enough for several months. And, fourthly, homeopathy is he safest form of medicine that you only can find. Parents who are now afraid of everythig after immunization and use of other drugs, can be sure hat homeopathy is a natural and safe method of treatment.

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What is Autism and Autism Symptomatology?

Autism is a kind of developmental disorders, affecting mainly the speech and social adaptation (although it may also include various physical symptoms), that greatly influences a child’s life. That, what we call autism, is actually better known as extensive developmental disorders and most often falls into this category.

Autistic symptomatology is a broad concept, which includes children with symptoms of underdevelopment, as well as those ten percent of autistic children with unique talents (for example those gifted in arts, music or mathematics). If children with severe autism can be diagnosed at the age up to one year or when speech skills, inherent in the age, are still not developed, more highly organized children with autistic symptoms, such as those with Asperger’s illness, can be not identified until they go to school or even later. Some are never identified.

Parents may be aware that something is wrong, but nobody can understand what the problem is. Such children can not adapt, they seem strange, closed or slow. Parents describe their child as “not of this world” or “doing things in his own way”. When these parents begin to explore autism and Asperger’s disease, they often recognize familiar symptoms. Explanation of what happens to their children, is both a relief and disappointment. It becomes clear which path to follow, but often there are more questions than answers about what expects a child in the future. However, due to the growing number of autistic children, the availability of information, sources, and parent support groups is growing rapidly.

Charmed Children

Children with autism perceive the world differently than everyone else. Many of them live in their own world. Parents complain that the child is not interested in playing with other children. When he gets into a society of other children, he likely will play along with them, rather than contact them and he probably will be more interested in objects, but not people. His world rolls around, bewitching him with trains, screws or cyclones, and he pays no attention to what little Paul from the next room is doing.

Due to lack of close communication with their children with autism, parents feel overwhelmed and may perceive children as distant, alienated and unemotional ones. Body positions, postures and movements may seem contrived, strained and unnatural. Strange, repetitive movements can be observed in such children, such as body waggling, or walking on tiptoe. Things that bring joy to others, can be of very little interest for these children, and on contrary the child may come to the absolute delight of a thing that seems trivial, usual and may go unnoticed by his parents and peers. Their thinking is too literal, if you compare them with more imaginative play of his brothers and sisters, or classmates. They can be so self-sufficient, that they seem alienated.

Speech is another big problem which can vary greatly, depending on which part of the autistic symptomatology the child’s illness belongs to. While in very weakened children retardation or complete absence of speech can occur, speech in children suffering from Asperger’s disease is very high developed for their age. Such children with good verbal skills can ask the same question again and again, putting their parent out of temper. But even children with good vocabulary can be involved in a conversation only for one or two minutes. They soon declare that they finished the conversation or put the handset in mid-sentence. Their language is unusual and original, the tone of their statements may also be unusual. Exaggerated affection to some subjects can reach the level of obsession. Some rituals and routine actions have to be forced down the throat.

To be continued…