I found that treating sleep apnea also treats ulcerative colitis. Others have found that treating sleep apnea  treats reflux and irritable bowel syndrome. By combining these I have concluded that obstructive sleep apnea underlies regressive autism.
 
First the citations of my "Letters to editors of medical  journals"
 
Herr JR. Relationships between sleep disorders and reflux. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Jul 15;22(2):165;  
 
 
Herr JR. Re: Autism--ear infections--glue ear--sleep disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2003 Oct;33(5):557.
 
 
Herr JR. Medical literature implies continuous positive airway pressure might be appropriate treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. Chest. 2002 Sep;122(3):1107.
 
 
Herr J. Chronic cough, sleep apnea, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Chest. 2001 Sep;120(3):1036-7
 
 
Herr JR. Is sleep disorder treatment appropriate for premenstrual syndrome? Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2003 Jan;82(1):99.
 
 
 
 
The following URL is to a discussion of "More regressive autism". It is over two years old and is still valid.  
 
http://www.sleepnet.com/apnea129/messages/864.html
 
I think that the above information will be very useful in publicizing the dangers of obstructive sleep apnea.


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Wellllllll, they are all by the same author. And there is one h*ll of a BIG difference between IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and colitis (chronic inflammation in the colon). Chronic inflammation leads to ulcerations. Ulcerative colitis is one of the IBDs (inflammatory bowel disease).


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