tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post4747571204856132682..comments2023-12-02T09:37:08.472-05:00Comments on Autism Jabberwocky: Alternative Autism Treatments and Mad CowM.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12033918835169823548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post-18283712441025819212009-11-23T18:48:41.731-05:002009-11-23T18:48:41.731-05:00I think you are correct, there isn't a blood t...I think you are correct, there isn't a blood test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Mad cow) - at least when it is in its dormant phase. <br /><br />I have to stand slightly corrected - I spent a little more time looking into the issue and I did manage to find one case were someone did mange to get CJD from a blood transfusion (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15302196). <br /><br />So it is theoretically possible to get it from IVIG - just very, very, very unlikely and I still can't find any cases of it actually happening.<br /><br />I knew that some people use IVIG as a treatment for autism before I read this article but I haven't really looked in depth at rational for why it could be an effective treatment. <br /><br />I wouldn't put my children through it without a good reason and I am sure that the procedure does carry some risks. But at the same time, I don't think mad cow is very high on the list of risks to worry about.M.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12033918835169823548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892134081049774386.post-32567635999276382322009-11-23T14:25:40.549-05:002009-11-23T14:25:40.549-05:00As far as I know, there is no way to test blood fo...As far as I know, there is no way to test blood for "mad cow disease". Isn't this why they exclude potential blood donors because they've travelled to Britain? If the blood were tested, where you may have travelled in the past shouldn't be an issue. (If you have a specific link that mentions a test, though, I'd love to see it!)<br /><br />I've never actually heard of using IVIG for autism. I've only heard of it being used for PANDAS, which has a bacterial component (as it's essentially OCD caused by strep bacteria antibodies).raw by defaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869829059425607630noreply@blogger.com