Autism Recovery – Clostridia Difficile and Clostridia Bacteria Toxicity in Autism

In this video, I am once again emphasizing the importance of laboratory evaluation for clostridia bacteria in your child with Autism. And I am going to break it down in a few different ways since there seems to be some confusion in our Autism community about what clostridia truly is. There is a certain strain of clostridia called clostridia difficile and it has been identified for a long time and can be quite a problematic organism to deal with. In a hospital setting this infection is becoming more severe due to its resistance to treatment and its potential for cross infection between various patients. And the very serious inflammatory bowel disease known as Pseudomembranous Colitis can stem from a clostridia difficile infection as well.
While clostridia difficile is a part of the clostridia family, it really is in a different category from the other forms. A toxin called 4-Cresol can be produced from clostridia difficile and this 4-Cresol toxin can inhibit an enzyme in the brain which can be a dopamine disrupter. Using the Organic Acids Test by The Great Plains Laboratory is the best way to evaluate this marker. Or you can use The Great Plains Laboratory Microbial Organic Acids Test since it specifically looks at the various markers of yeast and bacteria. Either test can help you determine if this is an issue for your loved one with Autism. 
A different marker known as HPHPA is derived from a different type of clostridia. You need to think of clostridia as a family where none of the members are good and some of them are very bad. So HPHPA identifies other members of the clostridia family, not clostridia difficile though. And like the 4-Cresol, the HPHPA toxin can also inhibit the enzyme in the brain that impacts dopamine metabolism. This toxin has a great deal of impact on individuals with Autism, no matter if we are talking about children, teens and adults, when it comes to behavioral and learning problems as a result of these bad bugs. And I will talk about those implications of that in my next video.