Nutrition-Based Therapeutic Approaches for Solving Autistic Digestive Troubles

Hary Razafindralambo*, Holy Rabetafika and Aurélie Razafindralambo

Nutrition-Based Therapeutic Approaches for Solving Autistic Digestive Troubles.

Diagnosing and treating additional health problems in autistic children or adults, beyond their
own autism troubles, is always a challenge under first of parent responsibility. This paper reports
on the success of nutrition-based therapeutic approaches for improving the health and solving
digestive troubles of a communicating-impaired and initially overweight patient. Symptoms
include frequent burping, and diagnoses revealed hiatal hernia and stomach ulcers. Two different diet plans have been successively applied over one year. Each half-year diet impact has been home-monitored by measuring the body-mass data and index. Details on nutrition, supplement and drug intakes, as well as any observations were daily recorded.

Most autistic individuals live with neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairment
in communication skills, and stereotypical behavior troubles. When symptoms are severe, it is highly difficult, if not impossible, for them to communicate correctly and interact with other persons around. Therefore, understanding the autistic health problems, beyond their own
neurodevelopment disorders becomes a big challenge under 1st of parent responsibility.

When an individual presenting autism-spectrum disorders (ASD) is unable to describe clearly his
trouble, his parents try to understand what is happening and find out solutions to resolve the
problems at short and long-terms. When the trouble or crisis becomes repetitive, the parents are
expected to establish a “to do list”-based procedure, including verbally or writing answers to
a questionnaire, medicine intakes, and other helpful tools to face the situation for a short laps
time before calling a doctor.

Adv Food Technol Nutr Sci Open J. 2016; 2(3): 88-95. doi: 10.17140/AFTNSOJ-2-134

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