October 9, 2018
PANDAS/PANS Class & Parent Panel w Dr. Elisa Song, MD
In honor of PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day 2018, I am here with a panel of mama and a papa heroes, who have children with PANS to help me spread the awareness...
October 9, 2018
Woman shares harrowing experience of son’s erratic behaviour after strep
One afternoon in the winter of 2017, Corie Entrop’s 10-year-old son came home from school and began pulling out his hair. When the Alberta mother pleaded with him to tell her why he was doing it,...
October 4, 2018
Dr. Swedo PANS/PANDAS Standard of Care Summit October 2018
Moving Past Controversy to Provide Clinical...
October 4, 2018
Supporting the Child with PANDAS/PANS in School by Jessica Gerdes
PANDAS/PANS Standards of Care Summit October 4, 2018 State Fairgrounds, Springfield...
September 25, 2018
More than strep: PANDAS causes violent behavior in some children
It’s an infection so common just about every child gets it at one point in his or her life. A strep infection in kids can usually cause a sore throat, fever, headache and fatigue but some parents...
September 24, 2018
Break the Mold: 5 Tools to Conquer Mold and Take Back Your Health
By Jill Crista Is Mold Making You Sick? Do you have mysterious health problems with no explanations? Mold can lurk without a trace or a scent. If this is happening...
July 20, 2018
20/20 Rare disorder may explain 11-year-old’s sudden odd tics and moodiness
Parents fear for young daughter's safety as her behavior changes dramatically; Rare disorder may explain 11-year-old's sudden odd tics and moodiness; Why is PANDAS so controversial? Medical...
July 20, 2018
PANDAS ABC 20/20 Part 1
Parents fear for young daughter's safety as her behavior changes dramatically; Rare disorder may explain 11-year-old's sudden odd tics and moodiness; Why is PANDAS so controversial? Medical...
July 18, 2018
What is PANDAS, the disorder some doctors say can cause extreme behavioral changes in kids? – ABC
Alexia Baier was an eager-to-learn, 4-year-old girl beginning pre-K in a suburb outside of Chicago. She thrived academically — counting, painting and playing with other children. But five...
July 18, 2018
Mystery Diagnosis, Children Under Attack – ABC 20/20 Part 2
Kids Suffer From Debilitating Episodes After Recovering From Strep Throat; Parents Of Kids Diagnosed With PANDAS Face Skepticism From Some Doctors...
Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of autoimmune encephalopathy in children with autism
Kathleen Connery, Marie Tippett, Leanna M. Delhey, Shannon Rose, John C. Slattery, Stephen G. Kahler, Juergen Hahn, Uwe Kruger, Madeleine W. Cunningham, Craig Shimasaki, Richard E. Frye
Transl Psychiatry-2018
In an open-labeled IVIG study in children with comorbid ASD and PANS/ PANDAS, anti-tubulin and anti-D2R (as measured by the Cunningham panel) were associated with responsiveness to IVIG treatment, suggesting that these autoantibodies could be biomarkers to select for positive IVIG treatment outcomes. Research continues to explore serum biomarkers and genetic risk factors that can provide a diagnostic tool and/or complement diagnosis in children with PANS/PANDAS.
June 1, 2018
Twenty years of PANDAS/PANS – Trifiletti
2018 is the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the concept of PANDAS, the notion that specific psychiatric symptoms (motor tics and OCD) can be associated with a specific infectious disease...