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.
Could Strep Throat Lead to Brain Inflammation – FOX 23
View the story hereOKLAHOMA – Medical experts say strep can trigger brain inflammation called PANDAS.
Treatable Immune System Disorder Could Be Mistaken For Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder – NeuroscienceNews.com
View the story hereA major finding from researchers at Houston Methodist reveals a significant number of people diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may actually have a treatable immune system disorder. The condition causes NMDA receptors to stop functioning properly and can result in symptoms commonly associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
NCAA Basketball Coach Gives Voice and Hope – TheAthletic.com
View the story hereBALTIMORE — The shower served as a litmus test of sorts, a daily struggle instead of the footnote it should be. Thirteen-year-old Connor Odom had always been a little slow to get out of the house in the morning, but this was something else. He’d be in the shower for hours, as mornings stretched into afternoons. His mother buried herself in research, trying to understand as much as she could about OCD. She ended up coming across a book that she believes changed their lives: “Saving Sammy: A Mother’s Fight to Cure Her Son’s OCD” by Beth Alison Maloney.
