The Elegant Women

Parents aged over 40 years tend to have infertility problems, one of whom gave birth to autistic children at risk. But according to recent studies, the risk of having a child with autism is more influenced by age of mother, not the father. U.S. researchers found that the risk of autistic children can happen if a woman giving birth in the 40 years or women under age 30 years who has a husband over 40 years.

40-year-old woman has a child with autism risk 50 percent higher than women aged 25-29 years. Meanwhile, the age of older fathers are 40 years and over will only contribute significantly to the risk of autism when her child under the age of 30 years.

Mother’s old age the greater the risk of having a child with autism, regardless of his father who is still young or old. However, these findings conflict with previous research in 2006 on children born in Israel. The study mentions that paternal age plays a role even greater.

Indeed there has been debate about who is best to contribute to the risk of autism many people think the risk is not absolutely determined by the mother. Currently researchers and policy makers actively seeking the cause of the increasing number of explanations children at diagnosis with autism. Autism disease no one has found the medicine, children who have autism usually have problems of communication and the inability of the symptoms of mental retardation is relatively mild to severe. Problems of this age parents can be a challenge in determining risk factors autistic children, because mothers and fathers who are older tend to have a child together. “This could happen because the parents are both old the risk given by the father is proportional to the risk of the mother.

Researchers revealed that parents are aged over 40 years, tended to have used fertility treatments. Also another possibility is the mothers tend to have autoimmune conditions including gestational diabetes, have many toxins that enter the body so the sperm and egg cells are likely to have some changes that could increase the risk. Other factors suspected to play a role helped develop autistic child is a household products containing hazardous materials, medical care, food intake, supplements and the presence of infectious disease.

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