Can kawasaki disease cause autism?

My son had KD when he was 5 months. HE had mild coronary dilations which has now normalised.

He is now 16 months & my wife & I are suspecting he has autism.

I am pretty down about this & have been surfing for more info.

Not sure if there is a link but i thot i read somewhere autism can be caused by a viral infection etc...so dun know

Kawasaki's disease can cause some learning disabilities but I do not think there is a link to autism.

Hi:

There is no known definite cause for autism. It is a birth defect that is irreversible. There are many different diagnoses that fall onto what is called the Autistic Spectrum. I have a 12 yo son who has autism. Please contact me if you choose to do so. My contact info is in my profile, please free to use it at any time. I am more than willing to share with you anything that I know and also any materials that you may want.

Be safe and be well.

From my knowledge of the disease no didnt think it did. There is very little research into what causes autism but I have a lot of knowledge of autism and would say that I wouldnt have thought kawasaki disease would cause this.

they r not related ,,kawaski is a different disease than autism ,,,and to my knowledge there is no connection ,,

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