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The disease is typically as awful as it is sudden: Over a few days, children develop severe anxiety and intense obsessive-compulsive behaviors. They barely sleep and may stop eating. Their schoolwork suffers. They can become clumsy or develop tics. Although they’ve usually been toilet-trained for years, they may start to wet their beds.

Share this one-page handout on PANS PANDAS. Click the button below to download the 1-page handout on PANS PANDAS, including symptoms and information about the disorder. Register with ASPIRE to […]

  Straight from the Heart: Students and Young Adults Share About PANS PANDAS Download PDF version: What I Want My Friends to Know About PANS PANDAS ASPIRE surveyed students and […]

Recent PANS/PANDAS Triumphs Thank you to everyone who took a moment to celebrate your recent success. Your stories provide hope to other families and patients! Would you like to share […]

Xu J, Frankovich J, Liu RJ, Thienemann M, Silverman M, Farhadian B, Willet T, Manko C, Columbo L, Leibold C, Vaccarino FM, Che A, Pittenger C. Elevated antibody binding to […]

Whelan JP. Strep Throat and the Backstory for PANS and PANDAS. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(7):e2421636. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.21636 Longitudinal analysis (Ma et al.) of 193 children with PANS revealed that 28% developed […]

Wong YX, Ubhi B Enuresis as a presentation of paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus (PANDAS). July 30, 2024. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2024;109:A92. See Poster. Out of […]

World Brain Day 2024 (WBD 2024),  Monday, July 22, is dedicated to Brain Health and Prevention. World Brain Day must include a discussion on PANS/PANDAS. Help us by empowering individuals, […]

Strategies and Accommodations for Supporting Students with Working Memory Challenges Students with PANS/PANDAS often face working memory, focus, and processing challenges. These strategies and accommodations help provide a comprehensive framework […]

  My name is Kyra Dugan. I’m 23 now, and five years ago, I would never have been able to guess what was about to happen. Life as I knew […]

Favier M, Martin Garcia E, Icick R, de Almeida C, Jehl J, Desplanque M, Zimmermann J, Henrion A, Mansouri-Guilani N, Mounier C, Ribeiro S, Henderson F, Geoffroy A, Mella S, […]

Cardelle-Pérez, Federico & Greciano, María. (2024). PANDAS: Twenty-Five Years Later. Adolescent Psychiatry. 14. 10.2174/0122106766298492240320044542. Discussion: A comprehensive approach, including interdisciplinary management and urgent evaluation of potential organic causes, is crucial […]