Child of Mine by Ellyn Satter5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Mott Children’s Hospital, who was not involved in the study. ![]() Jenny Radesky, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Michigan Medicine C.S. “I hope these findings don’t stress out women with autoimmune conditions too much,” said developmental pediatrician Dr. Prior research has linked autoimmune disorders in mothers with autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and tics or Tourette’s syndrome in children, he said, but this is one of the first studies to examine their role in ADHD. Neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD, learning disabilities and autism are caused by disruptions in fetal brain development during pregnancy, Nielsen said. The attack can result in “a ‘multi-organ’ disorder such as lupus, or an ‘organ specific’ disorder such as autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or Graves’ disease),” Nielsen said via email. The study was published Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics. “Autoimmune diseases are disorders where the immune system incorrectly ‘attacks’ the body,” said study author Timothy Nielsen, a research officer and doctoral student at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School of the University of Sydney. ![]() Expectant moms with autoimmune disorders such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis are more at risk of having babies with ADHD, a new study found. ![]()
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