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Reply To: Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Zyrtec) Feedback

NEW STUDY! Parasym Plus™ for Multiple Sclerosis › Forums › PrettyIll.com Discussion › EDS/MS/Chiari › Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Zyrtec) Feedback › Reply To: Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Zyrtec) Feedback

July 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm #2629
Barbara
Participant

Well Sweetfeather,
Thank you for your information. I’m well impressed with Dr Theoharides, especially his research work on mast cells (and with regards to Autism). He’s very verbally articulate and puts his knowledge across extremely well. I listened to a few of the video’s and something that struck me was how similar the systemic problems of Autism are to ours. Then I checked on this site and Dr Diana does mention an association.

Dr. Theoharides has suggested that looking for raised Neurotensin (I think it was) could be (or may now be?) a biomarker for Autism, as his experience showed it to be raised oftentimes, well beyond the normal level (and the Neurotensin, I believe, is a trigger for mast cell activation).

I’m curious as to whether we would have raised Neurotensin, has anybody ever checked ?
Regards
Barbara
(UK)
Head & Neck Injury (June 2002); Mild Concussion; Post Concussion Syndrome; Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS); Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction; Mild Radiculopathy & Small Fibre Neuropathy (right leg & foot resp.); Partially Empty Sella (Oct 2002) Fully Blown Empty Sella (Oct 2004); Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD); 3mm Cerebellar Ectopia (Chiari 0); Cranio-cervical Instability (CCI) with Posterior Gliding (PG) & Cranial Settling (CS); Brain Compression; Retroflexed Odontoid; Stretched/Elongated Brainstem; Vitamin D deficiency; Ehlers Danlos (EDS) type 111; and now Osteoarthritis! and oh, I forgot Arrhythmias – confirmed as runs of Bigeminy and Trigeminy.

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