OT: PANDA Re: stuttering with sign

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OFF-TOPIC: Just posting because there are some specific criteria

about type of onset and manifestation for PANDA, which would

distinguish it from OCD or other non-bacterial behavior issue.

This is just some background information.

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p980567.html

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/113/4/883

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/155/11/1592

Regina F.

> Hi Amber, Just out of curiosity, do you do biomedical

> interventions with your son? My son is not a stimmer

> either and if he is off biomedically either we skipped

> a day of vitamins/supplements or he has yeast it

> always shows up in this way. Is your son this way

> only in the spring. It could be PANDA's. There is a

> lab test to check this. It's usually severe ocd

> behavior symptoms. PANDA's is a type of bacteria

> infection have been linked to worsening of autistic

> symptoms. a condition known as pediatric autoimmune

> neuropsychiatric disorder (PANDA) associated with the

> Streptococcus bacteria has been linked to the

> development of obsessive-compulsive disorder and other

> mental illnesses in children.

> Just a thought. I know it's off topic

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