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What are the causes of autism in children?

What are the causes of autism in children? In recent years, children with autism can be seen everywhere around us, they have their own world, no one can enter, which has a great impact on the physical and mental health of children. What is the cause of childhood autism? Why are there more and more children with autism? Can autism be cured?

Causes of autism in children

(1) Metabolic diseases: such as phenylketonuria and other congenital metabolic disorders, resulting in dysfunction and disorders of brain cells, will affect the function of brain nerve signal transmission, resulting in autism.

(2) Brain injury: including brain hypoplasia caused by factors such as forced abortion during pregnancy, premature birth, dystocia, neonatal brain injury in the process of production, and brain injury caused by infectious encephalitis, meningitis and other diseases in infants, which may increase the chance of autism.

(3) Genetic factors: 20% of the autistic people, his family can find people with intelligence deficiency, language development retardation and similar autism. In addition, about 10% of autistic boys have chromosome vulnerability.

(four) viral infection during pregnancy: women may be infected with measles or influenza virus during pregnancy, resulting in damage to the brain development of the fetus leading to autism.

(5) Of course, there are other discussions about the reasons, but there is no exact reason.

After reading the above content, you should have some understanding of the causes of children's autism. More topics about children's autism will continue to be introduced in the following articles. Welcome to check. Wish you a happy life!