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Antibodies To Strep Throat Bacteria Linked To Obsessive Compulsive ... - A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Center for Infection and Immunity indicates that pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome and/or tic disorder may develop from an inappropriate immune response to the bacteria causing common throat infections.The mouse model findings, published online by Nature Publishing Group in this week's Molecular Psychiatry, support the view that this condition is a distinct disorder, and represent a key advance in tracing the path leading from an ordinary infection in childhood to the surfacing of a psychiatric syndrome. The research provides new insights into identifying children at risk for autoimmune brain disorders and suggests potential avenues for treatment.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811143538.htm

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FLIPPIN HECK

Ian and I had a talk once about his AS and he is certain that it became stronger, or more evident, after he had a bad throat infection when he was very small....... he vividly recalls his obsessiveness and stimmies starting immediately after that. He thinks that its not the cause of AS (or his obsessive streak), but the trigger for it becoming more acute. All just cod science for us, we havent any proof, just a theory.

Very interesting!

Judy B......

Subject: Antibodies To Strep Throat Bacteria Linked To Obsessive Compulsive ...To: aspires-relationships Date: Saturday, 15 August, 2009, 5:49 AM

Antibodies To Strep Throat Bacteria Linked To Obsessive Compulsive ... - A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Center for Infection and Immunity indicates that pediatric obsessive-compulsiv e disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome and/or tic disorder may develop from an inappropriate immune response to the bacteria causing common throat infections.The mouse model findings, published online by Nature Publishing Group in this week's Molecular Psychiatry, support the view that this condition is a distinct disorder, and represent a key advance in tracing the path leading from an ordinary infection in childhood to the surfacing of a psychiatric syndrome. The research provides new insights into identifying children at risk for autoimmune brain

disorders and suggests potential avenues for treatment.

http://www.scienced aily.com/ releases/ 2009/08/09081114 3538.htm

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JUDY BARROW wrote:

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> FLIPPIN HECK

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> Ian and I had a talk once about his AS and he is certain that it became

> stronger, or more evident, after he had a bad throat infection when he

> was very small....... he vividly recalls his obsessiveness and stimmies

> starting immediately after that. He thinks that its not the cause of AS

> (or his obsessive streak), but the trigger for it becoming more acute.

> All just cod science for us, we havent any proof, just a theory.

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> Very interesting!

Oh my, yes! My own take follows the notion of " developmentally delayed "

resurrected today by .

For a variety of reasons, I believe AS immune systems may be a bit

delayed, and to some extent imperfect when it kicks in.

As a child I had *every* standard childhood illness, and a few

non-standard, some of them twice! All severe; and one near killed me.

As an adult I've developed at least one auto-immune condition, maybe

a second as well.

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> Judy B......

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> Subject: Antibodies To Strep Throat Bacteria

> Linked To Obsessive Compulsive ...

> To: aspires-relationships

> Date: Saturday, 15 August, 2009, 5:49 AM

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> Antibodies To Strep Throat Bacteria Linked To Obsessive Compulsive

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- Bill, dx AS; ...clinically inclined, a bit

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

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