Re: Re: To Eileen, re: PANDAS

October 9, 2006

thanks for giving those links - I'm never good at that - but

basically cathy she could have been exposed but never had it - so if

you're reading and you say my dd's never had strep - like mine - never

so much as an infection -but strep titers through the roof!

I still don't think it's PANDAS but these titers confused all docs ????

anyway she'd still be treated the same except probably a 1 month

antibiotic to start and then one each time she's exposed or gets strep

might take her symptoms away - wotrth a look - ask the doc for ASO and

DNase blood tests

good luck

EileenQuoting <@...>:

> Hi ,

> PANDAS OCD is brought on by strep throat (put simply). A sudden

> onset of OCD following exposure to strep. This type OCD will usually

> wane/disappear after a few weeks but can return with another strep

> exposure. My son's OCD seemed " overnight " to me, but it's been

> ongoing and I've never been able to tie it to PANDAS. Here's one

> article, but " google " PANDAS, and you should turn up lots.

> and an older article:

>

> Mental illness can seem to run in families, but that is more genetic

> than anything else (my opinion); that genetic predisposition towards

> certain disorders or even cancers, i.e., family history plays a part

> in a lot of problems. What triggers when the OCD begins or when

> cancer starts to develop, well, that is also some " individual " thing

> for each person and their body and that is *if* it ever develops.

> And some things are just " there " when born (sometimes autism,

> sometimes even cancer in the womb).

> (My early a.m. thoughts here)

>

> single mom, 3 sons

> , 17, with OCD, dysgraphia and Aspergers Syndrome

>

>>

>> > Just curious if you've investigated the PANDAS connection as it

>> seems

>> > like it kind of came out of the blue in July????

>> >

>

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