What are physical health problems that go with Asperger's?

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02 Jan 2010, 6:15 am

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02 Jan 2010, 12:24 pm

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I have asthma, but apart from that my health is excelent. My NT brothers and my father also has asthma.



I had really bad asthma as a kid but because I don't do excersize anymore, I don't get it. I get hay fever every year but that's about it.



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02 Jan 2010, 12:33 pm

Tipi, you should ask your doc about asthma--we've come a long way since you were a kid (even if you're only a teen now) and some of the new treatments should make it possible for you to exercise despite the asthma, at least in certain environments. I can't imagine not getting physical activity; it must drive you nuts! Seriously, there are ways to work around this.


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02 Jan 2010, 2:35 pm

I'm perfectly healthy. Somewhat physically unaware/uncoordinated, but still in categorically good shape since I exercise and eat good.



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02 Jan 2010, 6:47 pm

I used to get chest pains a few years back, but I doubt that was to do with my AS.

I itch a lot which can be a handicap- possibly hypersensitivity.


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27 Jan 2010, 9:47 pm

For me it's: sleep disorder, reflux disease and IBS. Took meds for the IBS but they caused my vision to blur so badly I had to stop them. Can't see the connection but when I stopped the meds my eyesight cleared up. :?



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27 Jan 2010, 10:10 pm

I was quite sickly as a child---allergies, and I tended to get whatever was going around like the flu, colds, and viruses. I guess I had low resistence to illnesses. In 1972 I remember getting the Hong Kong Flu. Today, I still have troubles with seasonal allergies. Today I have psoriasis, which I have heard from some sources is kind of common with people on the autistic spectrum. I have an irregular heartbeat, which I have had since my teen years---possibly earlier. In 2004 I had back surgery which led to a blood clot in my right leg which led to a pulmonary embolism---very painful.

As a child I had to be put in corrective shoes because one of my knees was turning inward. Also as a child one side of my sternum bone stuck out further than the other side. The doctor said it was because of allergies, but I have never read anything about that happening to children with allergies. As I got older, it diminished in noticeability. When I was in high school and college I used to get a lot of canker sores in my throat and mouth---the doctor did a blood test and said I had an iron deficiency.


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27 Jan 2010, 11:02 pm

Tipi wrote:
Reodor_Felgen wrote:
I have asthma, but apart from that my health is excelent. My NT brothers and my father also has asthma.



I had really bad asthma as a kid but because I don't do excersize anymore, I don't get it. I get hay fever every year but that's about it.


I was always in and out of hospital with asthma as a kid but as I got older it was controlled by medication. I take Becotide twice a day and have a salbutamol inhaler which I rarely need to use. Having said that, I don't do much exercise beyond cycling and long-distance walking.



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28 Jan 2010, 4:59 pm

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Agreed, digestive disorders seem to be prevalent. I myself suffer from IBS.


Seconded. And I suffer too.



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28 Jan 2010, 8:23 pm

There is some vague references I have found to the relationship between Autism and the THyroid.

I came across the idea when researching for my enlarged thyroid(goiter).......not sure of the science.

I also have terrible sleep, digestive and bowel problems, and scoliosis.......terrible hip problems and all sorts of stuff.....

Not sure if it has anything to do with anything.

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28 Jan 2010, 9:26 pm

I'm 51. I've never had a health problem. Don't know what a headache is, no digestive system ailments, nothing. As I get older, I don't sleep too well or very long, but I'm not ready to call that a sleep disorder yet.



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29 Jan 2010, 3:22 am

Hypoglycemia caused by low levels of Cortisol (due to too much stress and Adrenals not working properly). Thyroid Disease (overactive as a kid, now underactive). Eczema. Asthma. Sleep problems. High blood pressure. Post nasal drip.



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29 Jan 2010, 4:51 am

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I'm 51. I've never had a health problem. Don't know what a headache is, no digestive system ailments, nothing. As I get older, I don't sleep too well or very long, but I'm not ready to call that a sleep disorder yet.

You don't know what a headache feels like? Not even a hangover? I'm jealous.

Physical problems I have include: eczema, bumpy skin (not eczema related) flat feet with the toe growing inward, IBS, hayfever, dysmenorrhea (very painful period pain), and I have difficulty sleeping.

I also have to eat really plain foods or I'll get a stomach ache. I can't drink orange juice at all.

I do admit that I drink alcohol in excess and can get very ill, like pain all over my body. Yes I know it's bad.


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29 Jan 2010, 5:35 am

Besides sleep problems if that counts, I can't say I've ever had any health problems. I'm very lucky considering my siblings have had considerable health problems.



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29 Jan 2010, 5:40 am

I think I might have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that hasn't been diagnosed, which explains why I'm napping half the time, despite getting at least 7 hours of sleep.


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29 Jan 2010, 5:46 am

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I think I might have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that hasn't been diagnosed, which explains why I'm napping half the time, despite getting at least 7 hours of sleep.


I've been wondering about my problem with fatigue my whole life. At this point the thing that makes the most sense to me is while I can handle being out there and dealing with society, it wears me down because I have to actively work at it. I can remember wishing I could be Sleeping Beauty as a little girl so I could sleep for a hundred years and I doubt I had chronic fatigue back then. I have to take a nap after running errands and if I work more than 6 hours I fall asleep on the couch when I get home.


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