Autism Improvement In Young Girl With
HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment)

Baseline 40 HBOT

1 HBOT Diagnostic showing recoverable brain tissue

Two 1/2 year old girl, C-section birth, to mother whose pregnancy was complicated by freon exposure x 2, asthma, bronchitis, nausea, vomiting, dehydration with hospital admission in third trimester.

• Child had severe reflux with minimal weight gain first two months.
• Abnormal social interaction and laugh at 3 months.
• MRI normal, abnormal EEG.

Problems: No communication, minimal emotional development, dd/inappropriate behavior, hypotonia

First SPECT: Bilateral temporal and frontal lobe abnormalities

SPECT after 1 HBOT and course of HBOT: Improved

HBOT: Three month course

• Improved: Self feeding, eye contact, tone, aftention/interaction; increased activity, appetite and weight gain, stopped biting people, calmer. Very loving, improved relationship vath 6 year old sister that improved sister's emotional disturbance caused by the patient's autism-beneficial effect on entire family.