PANS and PANDAS are terrifying autoimmune disorders that affect children, often featuring the onset of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and eating restrictions, severe separation anxiety, anorexia,...
As I sit pondering where to begin, I realize just how difficult it is to actually write about my son’s struggle with the horrible disorder called Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). My son’s illness started in early preschool, making it very difficult to detect “sudden onset.” By the time he was in Kindergarten, he experienced […]
In August of 2014 our daughter, Leah, was 6 years old. We had just returned home from a month-long trip to Illinois to visit family. When we arrived home in Arizona, she suddenly (overnight) developed a fear of vomit.