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...
Dritan Agalliu Presentaion SIUH Regina McGinn May...
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...
Dr. Kovacevic presents on PANDAS/PANS at the 2017 summit located in Wheaton,...
At 7 years old, Paul Michael Nelson was the kind of quiet, brilliant kid you were likely to find in Silicon Valley — captivated by Legos, self-taught in origami, loving and sweet. But on March 2,...
Dr. Elena Frid discusses Lyme disease, infection induced autoimmune encephalitis. This is a great intro session is for anyone who is suffering or researching encephalitis diagnoses, CFS (chronic...
PANS/PANDAS: Clinical & Research Update" Presented by: Gail Bernstein, MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of Minnesota Objectives: Upon completion of the activity, participants should...
The immune response to invasive microbes involves two main components: the innate and adaptive response. C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A (SAA) are proteins elevated during inflammation. In Lyme disease, CRP is elevated in early stages with erythema migrans but normal in neurological symptoms and arthritis. However, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) shows higher CRP, indicating persistent inflammation. SAA is elevated only in patients with erythema migrans. These findings suggest that lingering symptoms post-antibiotic therapy in Lyme disease are associated with elevated CRP, warranting further study on long-term inflammatory processes.
My son, Ezra, was kidnapped. It was on October 28, 2008. He was 3 ½. It didn’t happen because he was unattended in a shopping cart or running around the playground. It was while he slept,...
PANDAS – Reaching out, A natural and homeopathic approach, details how naturopath and homeopath Grant Bentley works with the illness and how he builds up health to bring about change. The book...
Dr. Moorcroft discusses an Osteopathic approach to Lyme Disease & Tick-borne Co-infections at the 2016 Lyme Conference at Binghamton University, Co-hosted by Southern Tier Lyme Support, Inc....