Restricted Eating and Misdiagnosis: Sophie’s Journey with PANS
When severe food restriction and complex symptoms are mistaken for FND, proper evaluation is crucial. When Sophie got the flu at age 12, she didn’t expect it would mark the...
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When Overnight Everything Changed: A Parent’s Perspective on PANS/PANDAS
Sometimes what looks like an eating disorder is really a symptom of PANS/PANDAS. Too many families miss the real cause and go without the help their kids need. That’s why we’re so glad @F.E.A.S.T...
June 27, 2019
Study Links Eating Disorders to Childhood Infections
Results of the population-based study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, found that infections that required hospitalization or treatment with anti-infective medications, such as antibiotics, antifungals...
PANDAS and anorexia nervosa-a spotters’ guide: Suggestions for medical assessment
Vincenzi B, O’Toole J, Lask B. PANDAS and anorexia nervosa–a spotters’ guide: suggestions for medical assessment. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2010 Mar;18(2):116-23. doi: 10.1002/erv.977. PMID: 20148396.
Conclusion: Given the current state of knowledge, diagnosingPANDAS is extraordinarily difficult. However, extrapolating from knowledge aboutSydenham’s choreaandPANDAS–OCD and PANDAS–tics/TS, a heightened index of suspicion for the existence of an auto-immune reaction in the brain response to environmental infectious agents culminating in ‘anorexia nervosa’ should be maintained.