自闭症(孤独症)又称自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)是广泛性发育障碍疾病,起病于婴幼儿期,主要表现为不同程度的言语发育障碍、人际交往障碍、智能障碍、兴趣狭窄、行为方式刻板和情绪问题,病因多为:遗传、围生期因素、免疫系统异常、神经内分泌和神经递质等诸多因素。
鉴于自闭症是一种复杂的神经行为病症,包括社交互动和语言障碍、沟通技巧和严重的重复行为、自我伤害行为等症状,严重的ASD还会在一定程度上限制患者的生活。一般情况下,与自闭症儿童的沟通非常困难,他们无法理解其他人的想法和感受,只能选择用一些手势或者面部表情来表达自己的想法。
自闭症的孩子可能思维极端,甚至导致死亡:
他们的内心太孤独了,像一颗颗孤立的小星球,被世人称为“星星的孩子”。
无论国外还是国内,关于自闭症孩子的惨剧总是不定期传来,让人不禁想到:
难道这群“星星的孩子”真的无法医治吗?
在这个世界上
每天都有奇迹在发生
比如这些自闭症儿童被治愈的美好故事
新闻周刊Newsweek报道
以色列4岁自闭症患儿因医用大麻而获救
Sharon是一位单亲妈妈,独自带着4岁自闭症患儿本杰明的她一度生不如死。大吼大叫、拿头撞墙、满地打滚、转圈乱跑,这些属于本杰明的日常表现,即使服用大量的抗精神药物都无效,甚至更加癫狂不受控。
就在Sharon处在崩溃边缘,她的朋友告诉她,以色列的医用大麻或许可以帮助到本杰明,于是,Sharon带着本杰明从美国来到了以色列的小镇纳哈里亚(Nahariya),本杰明开始使用医用大麻治疗自闭症,短短一年时间,本杰明的情况开始趋于正常化,现在的本杰明,每天早上醒来都像正常孩子一样安静而美好,Sharon喜不自禁,在接受采访时表示,她终于可以带着本杰明去公共场所游玩啦~
患癌的自闭症儿童,因大麻得救
卡莱10个月的时候被诊断患有神经母细胞瘤,在患癌后的两年内他做了多次手术、化疗以及放射性治疗,然而就在治疗癌症的过程中,他开始有些不正常的举动,比如会不断拍打双手、用脚趾走路,果然,经过诊断不幸的卡莱又患上了无口语自闭症。
随着治疗的深入,卡莱的自闭症状愈演愈烈,偶然间,卡莱的父亲在社交网站上了解到一种叫大麻油的药物可以治疗自闭症,于是,父亲开始让卡莱使用大麻油治疗自闭症,结果奇迹发生了,卡莱在使用大麻油几天后,开始可以开口发出模糊的英文字母,一段时间后,卡莱手舞足蹈的现象开始消失...
目前,在全球范围内治愈自闭症仍然是一道艰难的课题,但是大麻治疗自闭症并有效缓解的案例却比比皆是,在国外也有很多企业正在研究治疗自闭症的医用大麻药物,一个又一个真实的案例也在告诉我们,明天的自闭症或许将不再是疑难杂症,星星的孩子从此不再是孤岛,而是融合在完全的光明里...
ps:在Pubmed上共检索到大麻二酚治疗自闭症的文献清单(2012年至今)
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