The Wilton mom noticed the involuntary movement was similar to that of her friend’s son, who had been diagnosed two years earlier with PANDAS — Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois became the first state in the country on Tuesday to enact a law requiring insurers to cover medical treatment for two pediatric autoimmune disorders. Illinois Governor...
Dale RC, Gorman MP, Lim M
Current Opinion Neurololgy-2017
This review summarizes autoimmune encephalitis in children. PANS/PANDAS is included as a subgroup of acquired encephalopathy with focal neurological deficits of infectious and/or immune origin.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an intrusive condition that remains difficult to treat. This is due, in part, to the causes behind the disorder remaining hidden. Recent research, however, points the...
In this episode, you will learn about PANDAS and PANS and the impact it has on children and families. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Amy Joy Smith, NP. Amy Joy Smith is a Nurse...
Presented by Southern Tier Lyme Support, Inc - Kenneth A. Bock, M.D., FAAFP, FAAFP, CNS, received his MD with Honor from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1979, and is the founder of...
Today we are joined again by integrative paediatrician, Holistic Mama Doc, Dr Elisa Song to continue the discussion on PANDAS and PANS. Today we dive a little deeper into how to identify patients...
Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) and Paediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) are two disorders affecting a growing number of...
Dr. Claude Ashley first learned about PANDAS disease in 2007 at a conference. Just a few years later, his own son developed the ailment, in which an immune response to strep, a common childhood...
One family’s experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder and its shocking root cause. When middle school student Connor Odom road-tripped with his family from their home in Charlotte, North...
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A previously healthy 7-year-old boy suddenly started blinking, grimacing, and jerking his head about every 10 seconds. Uncharacteristically, he hardly sat still and had a tantrum. Ten days after this...