Rebecca’s Journey Home from PANDAS – seacoast online.com
View the story hereJacky Sullivan could only watch through the window in a locked door as her teenaged daughter, Becky, was led away until she disappeared down a long corridor. It was a point that had been reached after much hardship and pain, but before anyone realized that Becky’s violent attacks against herself and against her mother were cries that needed medical attention, not psychiatric treatment.
Strep by Me – AAPPublications.org
View the story hereSimilar to hearing a song that triggers reflections on events long past in one’s life, reading this month’s review article on Group A Streptococcus(GAS) by Drs. Dietrich and Steele prompted memories of my own episodes with this determined bacterium.
All the Problems with PANS: An Open Letter – walkinginquicksand.com
View the story hereDear Doctor,
I’m sure you’re aware that back in 2012, PANS (Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) was formally proposed and described in a white paper by a small handful of physicians who had extensive expertise in PANDAS. While this was welcome news to those who recognized that the neuropsychiatric features seen in PANDAS were also seen in the absence of strep, the decision to focus on acute onset in children over the age of two was not based upon any biomarker or science that would lend credibility to the theory that the pathogenesis of the described syndrome was unique solely to children meeting the diagnostic criteria set forth in the paper.
PANDAS: Nightline – ABC News
View the story hereParents of PANDAS parents face skepticism even as their children recover.
20/20: What Is PANDAS – ABC Television
View the story hereAlexia Baier was an eager-to-learn, 4-year-old girl beginning pre-K in a suburb outside of Chicago. She thrived academically — counting, painting and playing with other children.
But five months after starting pre-K, she was infected with a bacteria that several millions of people get every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bacteria, group A strep, caused Alexia to get strep throat, a condition children usually recover from easily with treatment.
Girl Develops Psychosis from Strep Infection – The Daily Mail
View the story here‘She won’t let me touch her clothes, she says we are contaminated’: Mother of girl who developed psychosis from a strep infection describes agony of living with the mystery condition.”
Gut Microbiota Correlation in PANDAS – Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome
View the story hereA new study, led by Dr. Lorenza Putignani from the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome (Italy), has found that gut microbiota may promote gut inflammation and activation of an immune response in PANS/PANDAS patients.
The researchers collected three fecal samples over consecutive days and, using 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA)-based metagenomics, they analyzed the gut microbiota composition of a cohort of 30 PANS/PANDAS patients aged 4-16 years (20 males and 10 females), comparing them with 70 healthy controls.
Epstein-Barr Virus Linked to Seven Serious Diseases – Cincinnati Children’s
View the story hereA far-reaching study conducted by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s reports that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—best known for causing mononucleosis—also increases the risks for some people of developing seven other major diseases.
What Is PANDAS – ABC WYTV 33
View the story hereLISBON, Ohio (WYTV) – Dr. Elizabeth Spaar explains PANDAS — how it happens and what it causes.
From Strep to Scary – ABC WYTV 33
View the story hereLISBON, Ohio (WYTV) – Sudden outbursts, tantrums, tics and bouts of OCD in children — and it seems to almost happen overnight.
The disorder is most commonly known as PANDAS — Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections.
