For in-depth information, please see ASPIRE’s PANS & Tick-Borne Infection Resource section. Protect yourself! (See Tick Prevention) Wear spray Permethrin clothes Spray your yard Understand...
Lecturer: Nancy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP Webinar: Demystifying PANS/PANDAS: A Functional Medicine Guide on Basal Ganglia Encephalitis Date/Time: Monday, May 2nd – 4:00 PM EST Register for this...
Dr. Swedo will present an Overview of PANDAS, PANS, and Childhood-onset OCD at two Blank Children’s Hospital Events Presented by Susan E. Swedo, M.D. NIH Scientist Emerita Chief Science...
“Neuropsychiatric disorders are common in children with bowel and bladder dysfunction (BBD), a syndrome associated with urinary frequency, urgency, holding, incontinence, and constipation. We evaluated BBD symptom severity in children and youth attending a tertiary care obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) clinic….. BBD symptoms are common and associated with high OCD-related impairment and psychiatric comorbidities. Standardized assessment may facilitate identification of BBD symptoms in this population and is critical to mitigating long-term physical and mental health impacts. Further studies are required to assess the relationship between BBD and OCD treatment outcomes.”
Reader Response: Lack of Association of Group A Streptococcal Infections and Onset of Tics
“Schrag et al. reported that Group A streptococcal (GAS) exposure is unrelated to tics in children at risk for tic disorders.1 The critical limitations of this study are that only children with genetic risks for tics were studied and information about risk for autoimmunity, infection susceptibility, and antibiotics use are absent.1 The EMTICS home page states that many patients refused to participate when told that antibiotic use would be limited. This would introduce a negative selection bias against families who perceive themselves as high risk and patients procuring antibiotics outside the trial.2“
In response to:
Speaker: Jennifer Leiman, MS, OTR/L Webinar: Executive Function Tools: Before, During, & After a PANS PANDAS Flare View this webinar: Executive Functioning Webinar Abstract: Connecting...