• celeste@kbin.earth
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    26 days ago

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK582757/

    A few studies have reported a small increased chance for problems such as attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and autism when a person had a fever in pregnancy, especially if the fever was untreated. As there can be many things that affect future behavior and learning for a child, it is hard to know if a fever, underlying infection, underlying medical condition, or other factors were the cause of these problems.

    https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/what-the-research-says-about-autism-and-tylenol-use-during-pregnancy/

    Further, there might be other factors related to acetaminophen use, such as fevers (which are known to cause increased rates of neurodevelopmental delays).

    Guess we’re about to do a large society-wide experiment to prove whether high untreated fevers during pregnancy lead to developmental delays.

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      25 days ago

      Thank you for posting the study I’ve been referencing as my theory for the basis of the Tylenol thing.

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        25 days ago

        My understanding is the main report this all revolves around only showed a possible link between heavy Tylenol usage during pregnancy and a slight increase in autism diagnosis.

        Its basically a nothing burger that’s been thrown out to distract from the attack on vaccines and our Healthcare, plus all other sorts of actually serious matters.