When a well-adjusted, happy child suddenly begs not to be touched, won’t eat certain foods, refuses to bathe or suffers from a personality transformation that could only be described as bizarre, an increasing body of evidence suggests that an infection could be to blame.

The infection is strep, and the condition it appears to trigger in a small number of children is called PANDAS—short for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder.

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