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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.
This distressing condition, called pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, or PANS, is thought to be triggered by a strep infection that causes an inflammation response which impacts the brain. The condition’s severe psychiatric symptoms put tremendous strain on kids and families.
Gabriella True
