Doctors can misdiagnose Rett Syndrome for Autism.

Listed below are the similar that Autism and Rett Syndrome share:
  • screaming fits
  • panic attcks
  • inconsolable crying
  • avoidance of eye contact
  • lack of social/emotional reciprocity
  • makedly impaired use of nonverbal behaviors to regulate social interaction
  • lost of speech
  • gastrointestinal problems
  • sensory problems

Rett Syndrome and Autism are very similar, there is lots more of similar signs. That why when Doctors disgnose you with Rett Syndrome, they observe signs and symptoms during the childs early stages and development and conducting ongoing evaluations of the child physical and neurological status.

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