Herpes virus infection while pregnant increases Autism risk by 2 X (Vitamin D not mentioned)
Herpes virus may be a trigger for autism ScienceMag
“Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the primary cause of the blistering genital disease that infects roughly one in five U.S. women of childbearing age, may play a role in autism, according to a new study.”
“Active infection with the virus in early pregnancy doubles the chance that a male fetus will develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) early in life, researchers have found in studying one large Norwegian population.”
“ . . previous work, like this Swedish study that found that the hospitalization of a woman for any kind of infection during pregnancy increased the risk of the baby developing ASD by 30%.”
There was no mention of Vitamin D in ScienceMag or the actual study, however:
Herpes and other virus are associated with low vitamin D
Low vitamin D is associated with Autism
- Adding vitamin D if pregnant, especially while having Herpes, should greatly reduce the chance of having an autistic child.
See also in VitaminDWiki
Many Infectious diseases (virus) treated and prevented by Vitamin D – review July 2009
Virus which has the following
- Most Viral Infections (wikipedia) are prevented/treated by Vitamin D
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