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Medical docs miss little-known diagnosis of boy’s sudden-onset psychiatric disorder

 

 

The parents of a West Quebec boy who spent two years in a medical “nightmare” are urging Canadian doctors to follow the U.S. lead by taking a closer look at a psychiatric disorder in children that’s caused by a bacterial infection.

 

 

Suzy Wiggins Fournel and Martin Fournel told CBC News their son Caleb, now 8, was diagnosed in the spring with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections, called PANDAS for short.

 

 

He was prescribed antibiotics for one year, and today, Caleb is back climbing trees again at his home in La Pêche, north of Ottawa. He’s a far cry from the boy he was prior to his diagnosis, when he could barely leave the house.

 

 

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