Does autism has anything to do with immune system?

Answer 1

A lot of people think this and in a way they might be right, when my twin son was diagnosed with severe autism a lot made out it was due to the mmr jab, i think its more to do with genes and the mmr sets off what leads to autism basically autism is already there when the child is born, most wont agree with me but i do believe in genetics

Answer 2

No, autism is a social disorder--not being able to communicate well with others, etc. Immune system is something entirely different. Nobody knows exactly what causes autism--there's lots of theories, but nothing certain.

Answer 3

There are theories that the MMR vaccines used by the Military health system had higher levels of mercury (as a preservative, to extend the shelf life, since they were not used as much as the vaccines in the civilian world) -- and the mercury caused children to have some sort of respiratory arrest or incident, and emerge with autism.

The studies (I read many of them) were compelling. The number speak loudly -- during the time the studies focused on there was an estimated 75% increase in the cases of reported autism among military families, much more than in the civilian population. All of them received the MMR vaccine in the military installations.

In my own classroom, I had 3 children (out of 8) with autism, 2 of those 3 were children of military families! Those numbers themselves were compelling to me!

There are other theories, too, but those numbers really convinced me, especially since the children were not born with any symptoms at all, but emerged with them after receiving the vaccination and after having some sort of "respiratory incident."

We might not ever really know what causes it, but that one theory sure sounds convincing to me.

Answer 4

No it doesn't., Quite often it's to do witrh what happened at birth, nothing to do with the immune system.

Answer 5

Yes it does.

Answer 6

i don't think so