Some infertility treatments may increase children's risk of autism, the study said

Autism, also known as autism, is a kind of mental illness that often occurs in teenagers The symptoms of the patients include social disorder, repetitive stereotype, anxiety, depression and so on In the journal Neuropsychopharmacology and biopsychiatric progress, a study from the University of Haifa in Israel said that some infertility treatments may increase the risk of autism in children Given that boys are at a higher risk of autism than girls, the latest study analyzes nearly 110000 boys born in Israel between 1999 and 2008 (http://www.chemdrug.com/sell/76/) Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and Karolin medical school in Sweden also participated in the study Infertility treatment includes artificial insemination in vitro and hormone therapy The researchers found that there was no statistically significant difference in the risk of autism in children between IVF and natural conception, but in hormone therapy, the risk of autism was 1.5 times higher in women who received progesterone than in women who did not receive infertility treatment Progesterone is necessary for maintaining pregnancy Researchers speculate that progesterone used in infertility treatment may affect the brain development of the fetus, leading to autism