Guest guest Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 kathylr@... writes: *****My daughter's OCD symptoms have abated dramatically once started on an antibiotic (and, unfortunately, flared again once the course of antibiotics was over.) One of the most magical effects was from Keflex, prescribed for a weird persistent skin rash on her face. Hi Kathy, Thank you for your really helpful post. What you say above, really got my attention because my son also has a rash on his face. The Dr thinks it's from stress but the cream prescription he gave us is not working. We may need to go back for something else, unless the antibiotic that he's on helps. Today my son seems just as bad as always. Of course he didn't take the antibiotic all night when really I should be giving it to him every 8 hours, so maybe it's because it wore off. I will look into PITANDS. The Dr prescribed a medication that is for bacterial infections. Not sure if this is what's used for a strep infection? Is strep bacterial? I guess I'll go do some more research online. Thanks again for the info, Debbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 kathylr@... writes: *****My daughter's OCD symptoms have abated dramatically once started on an antibiotic (and, unfortunately, flared again once the course of antibiotics was over.) One of the most magical effects was from Keflex, prescribed for a weird persistent skin rash on her face. Hi Kathy, Thank you for your really helpful post. What you say above, really got my attention because my son also has a rash on his face. The Dr thinks it's from stress but the cream prescription he gave us is not working. We may need to go back for something else, unless the antibiotic that he's on helps. Today my son seems just as bad as always. Of course he didn't take the antibiotic all night when really I should be giving it to him every 8 hours, so maybe it's because it wore off. I will look into PITANDS. The Dr prescribed a medication that is for bacterial infections. Not sure if this is what's used for a strep infection? Is strep bacterial? I guess I'll go do some more research online. Thanks again for the info, Debbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 kathylr@... writes: *****My daughter's OCD symptoms have abated dramatically once started on an antibiotic (and, unfortunately, flared again once the course of antibiotics was over.) One of the most magical effects was from Keflex, prescribed for a weird persistent skin rash on her face. Hi Kathy, Thank you for your really helpful post. What you say above, really got my attention because my son also has a rash on his face. The Dr thinks it's from stress but the cream prescription he gave us is not working. We may need to go back for something else, unless the antibiotic that he's on helps. Today my son seems just as bad as always. Of course he didn't take the antibiotic all night when really I should be giving it to him every 8 hours, so maybe it's because it wore off. I will look into PITANDS. The Dr prescribed a medication that is for bacterial infections. Not sure if this is what's used for a strep infection? Is strep bacterial? I guess I'll go do some more research online. Thanks again for the info, Debbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Hi Debbi-- > I am very interested in any information regarding PANDAS. Does anyone know > if a child can ONLY get ocd pandas from a " strep " infection?? *****It's only PANDAS if kicked off by a strep infection...however a number of kids have something else, PITANDS, which is basically PANDAS OCD kicked off by infection by some other pathogen than strep. There is some info in the group files, or you can Google either acronym for more info. Use Google Scholar if you want more technical reading :-) > This means throat infection, right? *****That's a common site for a strep infection, but strep can infect anywhere. PANDAS is not caused by strep but instead by the antibodies the body produces to fight the strep, which in an autoimmune fashion then attack a part of the brain called the basal ganglia. > The reason I'm asking is that my son seemed to get his ocd > symptoms literally over night. I can pinpoint the exact day this all started. > I heard that this is a clue that he could have pandas. *****Yes an abrupt onset is one of the symptoms of PANDAS. My child is a PANDAS kid and I can also name the date she " woke up " with severe OCD. > Today I noticed what was a tiny ingrown hair on his upper arm had now become > a big puplish black hard lump which really hurt him when I touched it. He and > I both only noticed it today. I took him into the Dr who told me that it was > an infection in his arm which seemed to have started about 3 or 4 weeks ago. > This is when he started with his ocd symptoms. Could this just be a coincidence? *****It could be related. Strep can infect the skin. > He is now on antibiotics. What's really strange is that only 3 hours after > taking the medication he took all his bits of paper, cups, trash, etc and placed > them into a big garbage bag to keep outside in the garage! Talk about > shocked! No way would he have even considered this just yesterday! I would make > suggestions about keeping it all in a closed container under his bed and he would > burst out in tears at the thought of moving his " things " . He's even telling me > that he isn't picking up as much stuff. He actually seemed to be doing better. > But now, in the past half hour, he seems to be worried about the specks and > stuff again. *****My daughter's OCD symptoms have abated dramatically once started on an antibiotic (and, unfortunately, flared again once the course of antibiotics was over.) One of the most magical effects was from Keflex, prescribed for a weird persistent skin rash on her face. > Anyway, I didn't know what was happening but when I started researching > Pandas online, I found symptoms that seem to fit my son. Am I just imagining this? > Wishful thinking maybe? With pandas, can the ocd symptoms actually go away or > lesson with antibiotics? *****I don't think you are imagining this response, it is certainly possible. Although not officially recommended, my child's psych had my child on prophylactic low-dose antibiotic therapy for over a year. Some PANDAS kids are lucky enough to have their OCD go away between strep infections. My child's OCD has continued since onset, and has needed to be treated with SSRI and therapy, but the abrupt worsening when she has strep is unmistakeable. She has had strep infections where the only symptom was the dramatic upswing in OCD symptoms--no fever, malaise, nothing. Judging from posts to the list, this is fairly common with PANDAS kids. HTH, Kathy R. in Indiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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