I HAVE DESCRIBED HOW AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IS A COMPLEX MULTI-SYSTEM MEDICAL ILNESS WITH IMMUNOLOGICAL,GASTROINTESTINAL,AND NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES.SINCE ASD CAN INVOLVE SO MANY MAJORS SYSTEM OF THE BODY,I WILL DESCRIBED THE CURRENT EVALUATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES.BIO- MEDICAL EVALUATION.THE FIRST STEP IS PREPARING A FAMILY HISTORY,AND CHILD HEALTH ,THESE HISTORIES OFTEN PROVIDE IMPORTANT CLUES IN A CHILD WITH ASD,DOES THE FAMILY HAVE A HISTORY OF AUTOIMMUNITY OR ALLERGIES? ARE THERE INDICATION OF VIRAL PRESENCE,HEAVY METAL TOXICITY,OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER AFFECTED BY AN AUTISM-SPECTRUM DISORDER? FAMILY AND MEDICAL HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT AN EXTENSIVEAND DETAIL FAMILY HISTORY,ESPECIALY REGARDING RELATIVES WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS ADD,ADHD,PDD ASPERGER'S,HIGH-FUNCTIONING AUTISM.,DYSLEXIA,LEARNING DISORDERS,AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS.DOWN SYNDROME,ALZHEIMER'SMENTAL RETARDATION,MENTAL ILNESS SUCH AS RECURRENT DEPRESSION,BI-POLAR DISORDERS,AND SCHIZOPHRENIA.BEFORE CONCEPTION MOTHER'S AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS AND ANY INDICATION OF IMMUNE SYSTEM IMPAIRMENT, GENERAL NUTRITION STATUS,GENETIC PREDISPOSITION MATERNAL ORPATERNAL SIDES OF THE FAMILY,MATERNAL VACCINATIONS NEAR TIME OF CONCEPTION OR TOXIC EXPOSURES.,INGESTION LARGE AMOUNT OF MERCURY- CONTAMINATED FISH,EXPOSURES TO PESTICIDES OR OTHER HEAVY METAL SUCH AS LEAD,MATERNAL MALNUTRITION,RH FACTORS,VIRAL OR OTHER MATERNAL ILNESSES,PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS,MEDICATIONS,DIFFICULT LABOR BREAST FEDDING- DIFFICULTY,MILK OR SOY ALLERGY,VACCINATIONS,INFECTIONS,ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT,CHILD DELIVERY ISSUES,LABOR AND DELIVERY PROBLEMS,CONDITION A BIRTH,WEIGHT,APGAR SCORE AND MOTHER'S AGE AT DELIVERY,DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS,VACCINATION HISTORY WITH ANY NOTED REACTIONS,INFECTIONS ANTIBIOTIC USE SEIZURES,OTHER MEDICATIONS ALLERGIES, SURGERIES,DENTAL WORK, CHILD DEVELOPMENT,DETAILED VACCINATION HISTORY,DETAILED DIETARY AND STOOL HISTORY, PERSONALITY,THE MEDICAL HISTORYARE FOLLOWED BY DIAGNOSTIC LAB TEST A COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT AND A METABOLIC PANEL,CBC CHEMISTRY PANEL,AND THYROID PANEL,WILL SEND OUR CHILDREN'S FOR MEDICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION TO THE CENTRO MEDICO HONDURENO,
