Kusuta ndi Autism: Ulalo pa Mimba

Kusuta fodya asanabadwe kapena ali ndi pakati kungagwirizane ndi makhalidwe a autism spectrum disorder (ASD), monga zizindikiro za kuwonongeka kwa anthu, malinga ndi kafukufuku watsopano wa ana pafupifupi 11,000 omwe amathandizidwa ndi National Institutes of Health (NIH). Kafukufukuyu adawonanso kuti makanda anthawi zonse omwe amayi awo amasuta asanabadwe komanso ali ndi pakati anali ndi chiopsezo cha 44 peresenti cholandila matenda a ASD pambuyo paubwana. Kafukufukuyu, wotchedwa "Maternal Fodya Smoking and Offspring Autism Spectrum Disorder or Traits in ECHO Cohorts," inafalitsidwa mu Autism Research.

Rashelle J. Musci, Ph.D. wa Johns Hopkins University ndi Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D. wa yunivesite ya California, Davis, adatsogolera ntchito yothandizanayi monga ofufuza a NIH yothandizidwa ndi Environmental influences pa Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Programme.

Gulu lofufuzalo lidapeza zambiri kuchokera kwa ana amagulu 13 a ECHO ku US Gulu lililonse lidatenga matenda a ASD, lidayang'anira Social Responsiveness Scale kuti adziwe zovuta zomwe ana amakhala nazo, kapena onse awiri. Magulu onse adasonkhanitsanso zambiri zokhudzana ndi zomwe amayi amasuta asanabadwe komanso zomwe zingawasokoneze.

"Kafukufuku wamtsogolo angathandize kudziwa nthawi yeniyeni yoberekera yomwe makanda amatha kusuta fodya ndi zinthu zina, monga zizoloŵezi za moyo kapena kusuta kwa abambo, zomwe zingakhudze kukula kwa mwanayo," adatero Hertz-Picciotto.