How is autism acquired?

Nowadays, many children in cities are more likely to show symptoms of autism, mainly because parents in cities are worried that their children will be abducted, so many of them have few friends in their childhood. Childhood loneliness can easily lead to the occurrence of autism. We should pay attention to the guidance of children, communicate more with them and improve their living environment. Now let us understand the causes of autism and then take measures to prevent it.

How autism is caused

Tools/Raw Materials

Parents, environment

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1. Children who have birth defects, intrauterine asphyxia, infection, poisoning, etc. are prone to illness. Examinations of these children have found that 15%-50% of the children have epileptic seizures, and some have neurological signs, physical deformities, etc. Congenital rubella virus infection and cytomegalovirus infection may be related to the onset of autism.

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2. Most of the children are related to genetics, because most of the children have family members with a history of autism. Scientific research has shown that genetic factors have become one of the main causes of autism.

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3. Children live in an overly monotonous environment for a long time, lacking rich and appropriate stimulation, and their parents do not teach them social behavior correctly, which causes children to often stimulate themselves with repetitive actions, gradually lose interest in the outside world, and thus lead to the onset of autism.

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4. The home environment has a profound impact on children. Frequent quarrels or even divorces between parents can easily cause children to suffer from heavy mental burdens and develop an autistic and introverted personality. Or parents are too cold and strict with their children, and lack family warmth. These may cause your child to become ill.

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5. Metabolic diseases: Congenital metabolic disorders such as phenylketonuria cause dysfunction and disorders of brain cells, which will affect the function of brain nerve information transmission and cause autism.

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6. Brain injury: Factors including incomplete brain development caused by distress miscarriage during pregnancy, premature birth during delivery, neonatal brain injury, and brain damage in infants due to infections such as encephalitis and meningitis may increase the chance of autism.

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7. Genetic factors: Among 20% ​​of people with autism, their families can be found to have intellectual disabilities, language delays and similar autism. In addition, approximately 10% of boys with autism have chromosomal fragility.

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8. Viral infection during pregnancy: Women may be infected with measles or influenza viruses during pregnancy, which may damage the brain development of the fetus and cause autism.