RDH Little is known about pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), but its affect on children is abrupt and often debilitating. Author Kathryn Gilliam has more on this alarming...
by WGME. Monday, May 9th 2022 “As the warmer weather arrives, you may have noticed tick season is here as well. Officials are warning Mainers about the harm they can...
TOPEKA — Shannon Wright’s daughter suddenly exhibited bizarre behavior Sept. 13, 2011, that was subsequently found to be a rare autoimmune disorder in which streptococcal or other infectious...
The Seattle Times By Leah Penney, Mental Health Perspectives guest columnist “A few weeks after my 6th birthday, I went to bed one night a happy, healthy child, and I...
Examining possible root causes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychology Times by Odelya Gertel Kraybill Ph.D. Key points OCD can be rooted in immune response. OCD can be triggered by infections...
UCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A first-of-its-kind children’s research center in Tucson, UA Steele Children’s Research Center, is raising the profile of a largely undiagnosed illness in...
BOSTON – “Our kids were super-social, playdates all the time, very independent. … They were leading this happy-go-lucky life surrounded by friends,” said Kim Panton, of Duxbury, recalling the...
"Timely treatment with IV immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy can help children who develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other severe psychiatric or neurologic symptoms in the aftermath of...
While PANDAS is the result of a bacteria, and Long COVID, a virus, these pathogens share the capacity to cross the blood brain barrier, and attack the brain, affecting everything from mood, nerves...
Following COVID-19, a 9-year-old girl developed neuropsychiatric symptoms, including OCD-like behaviors. Her mother reports other symptoms included: "Extreme anxiety, resulting in frequent panic...
This is the first of a series of interviews with influential PANDAS/PANS and Lyme advocates. How do they DO it? How do they contend with their own challenges as well...
Giggle Magazine article on PANDAS. Page 23-24 of their June/July 2021 issue is available online....