As physicians are educating themselves through extensive research and conferences, they attain the knowledge necessary to tackle autism without prescribed medicinal measures. When a diagnosis of autism or mental illness surfaced, many health care leaders undeniably wrote prescriptions for medical drugs. As physicians have treated what appears to be a repetition of symptoms in different patients, it has always been the same treatment. But, with the onset of so many new cases of autism growing over the recent years, a more integrative approach has been sought out by researchers and physicians.
Pediatrician Allen Lewis is one of those physicians whose 2-year old son was diagnosed with autism and began researching the origin of the developmental disability and how to treat it. Lewis conducted a 7-year research study in Chicago at the Pfeiffer Institute in which he discovered biomedical therapies to be very effective for his son, now 11-years old. As his son was promptly diagnosed with autism at 2-years old, he now has a diagnosis of asperger’s, a milder, more functional form of autism. Dr. Allen spoke about his findings Thursday at a Support Group meeting in southeastern Ohio. His mission was to further direct patients and families towards autism as a medical condition and not a disorder. His research connected autism to environmental toxins such as copper, not being zinc efficient, and oxidative stress causing damage to protein. He also mentioned essential fats, and disruption of normal cellular processes. Many physicians and researchers have been very vocal in copper, mercury, pesticides, plastics, and other toxins playing a major role in the cause of autism.
Dr. Lewis’ concluded upon completion of his research that biomedical therapies are guaranteed to produce improved development in those with autism as well as other developmental conditions such as Alzheimer’s and ADHD. As complementary medicine extracts the problematic hindrance on the brain, functionality is restored. Lewis stated to the Zanesville Times, “I'm not anti-medicine, but I believe that vitamins fill in the gaps better than medicine.” Dr. Lewis recently moved his practice from Chicago to the Ohio area. He can be reached at (614) 245-4750 or Integrative Pediatrics of Ohio for more information.
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