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Pre-birth
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Majid Ali, M.D.
Epidemics of attention deficit
disorder, Tourette’s ticks, autism and its related
disorders, and other forms of altered neuro-development
are womb toxicity problems, not psychological or
psychiatric diseases. I have marshaled evidence for
my biologic view of these states in a series of
articles, tracing their origin to toxic womb states.
Here I cite two recent reports. First, the journal
Nature reported in November 2013 clear evidence for
my toxic womb hypothesis of autism. Specifically,
two to six-month old babies who looked less at
people’s eyes than other babies developed autism at
age 3 more often. Second, on December 16, 2013, The
New York Times reported that one Somali child in 32
and one white child in 36 in Minneapolis were on the
autism spectrum. Only seven years ago, the CDC
reported that one in about 500 U.S. children was on
the autism spectrum.
With this introduction, I begin a
series of articles on impaired neuro-development
under the series title of "Pre-birth Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders" (Pre-birth PTSD) with greater
ambivalence than when I coined the term toxic womb
states. I recognize some of what I say on the
surface would be deeply troubling to mothers of
children on the autism spectrum disorder, less so
their fathers. For some it might seem outright cruel
to blame mothers for the plight of their children. I
ask them to look beneath the surface. It takes a
village to raise a child, as recognized by early
Africans. What I dare to assert is the other
heart-rending side of the African insight: it takes
a toxic country to so traumatize its unborn children
to produce Congenital Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorders.
What I see in the spreading
pandemic of Pre-birth (congenital) Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders—is massive assault of toxicities of
foods, environment, and thought on the developing
brain of unborn children at a time when it is most
vulnerable: the first three months of life in the
womb. Two primary mechanisms of insults and injury
to the unborn brain, in my view, are fermentation in
the maternal bowels and brain ferment of both
parents. These mechanisms are triggered by all
factors that impair oxygen signaling in the
developing brain: (1) the body’s total burden of
food and environmental pollutants; (2) toxic metals
(mercury, lead, arsenic, and others in maternal
blood); (3) alcohol and substance abuse; (4)
prescription and illicit drugs; (4) metabolic spikes
and troughs (of insulin with hypoglycemia episodes),
adrenaline, cortisone, and toxic metabolic wastes;
(5) microbial fermentation products; and (6) the
products of paternal chemistry of parental mental
anguish caused by larger issues of social injustice
and societal crimes. I hope the readers will
recognize the following merits of my case:
1. A
clarion call for consideration of toxicities for
parents of as yet unborn babies.
2.
Practical implications of parents of children with
babies and children on the spectrum of pre-birth
(congenital) post-traumatic stress disorders.
3.
Clinical imperatives for practitioners caring for
children with babies and children on the spectrum of
pre-birth post-traumatic stress disorders.
4. For
researchers who are advancing the understanding of
the adverse impact of brain insults listed above.
5. None
of the research projects investigating the potential
benefits of the knowledge of individual genes,
enzymes, cell receptors, membrane pumps, or toxins
have to-date yielded meaningful benefits for
children included in the pre-birth congenital
post-traumatic stress disorder states mentioned
above, nor, I am afraid, is it likely to happen.
6. What is
sorely needed is societal courage and commitment to
a holistic and integrated approach to saving unborn
brains by greater funding of research and clinical
projects that address the problems in their
entirety. I and others have documented significant
benefits obtained with holistic and integrated
clinical protocols (discussed in other articles in
this series).
The Oxygen
Model of Mental Health and Disorders
I proposed my Oxygen Model of
Mental Health and Disorder as an extension of my
Oxygen Model of Health and Disease. It is a unifying
model that explains all aspects of mental health and
mental disorders—causes, clinical course,
consequences, and control—on the basis of altered
oxygen signaling. These abnormalities essentially
begin during fetal life and continue through
infancy, and childhood. This model is based on a
biologist view of the brain development and
neurotransmission.
Models in science are proposed
to: (1) explain such natural phenomena; (2) offer
workable simplicity to reduce complexities of such
phenomena; (3) predict natural phenomena hitherto
unrecognized. These models are tested, validated, or
refuted with ongoing scientific observation. In
clinical medicine, I add a fourth criterion for a
model’s validity: it must facilitate health and
healing.
Cumulative
Body Burden of Toxins
How often are expecting mothers
aware of gut fermentation caused by sugar and
antibiotic abuse? How aware are they of special
vulnerability of the unborn brain to commonly used
over-the-counter drugs, such as Tylenol PM, Advil
PM, and other sleep aids? How often do they
recognize that drugs that adversely affect the
memory of adults are more toxic to highly vulnerable
unborn brains? How aware are expecting mothers of
nocturnal hypoglycemia (nighttime low blood sugar)
caused by insulin toxicity? How often do they
recognize adrenaline toxicity? And the toxicity of
unhygenic bedrooms? And mold toxicity in their home
and work environments?
Types and
Sub-types of Pre-birth (Congenital) PTSD States
I recognize the following three
major types of Pre-birth PTSD States, each with many
subtypes are mentioned in the articles below:
1. Pre-birth (Congenital) PTSD
Syndrome- 1: Attention Deficit Disorder Without
Depression
2. Pre-birth (Congenital) PTSD
Syndrome-2: Attention Deficit Disorder With
Depression
3. Pre-birth (Congenital) PTSD Syndrome-3: Autism
Spectrum disorder
Related Articles
List of Related Tutorials
kThe Toxic Womb State
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Oxygen-impaired Womb and Behavior Disorders
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Pre-birth
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
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Rising Prevalence of Autism Spectrum
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Autism Epidemic in China
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I Predict Autism
Epidemics in China
and India
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Every Child Is
Born A Scientist
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Our Breathe
- The Best First-aid
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What Is Oxygen?
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Mercury, Toxic Womb
State, and the Autism Spectrum
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What Is Life Span?
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What Does
Water Do in Metabolism?
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Seven for Stress
*The Toxic Womb State
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Every Child Is
Born A Scientist
*
Our Breathe
- The Best First-aid
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What Is Oxygen?
Tutorial A.4
Mercury, Toxic Womb
State, and the Autism Spectrum
Tutorial A.5
What Is Life Span?
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