Fw: PANDA video from the TODAY show 9/24/09

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This for the mom in N. Austin.  I forgot your name.  This is my Pedi's

response - Dr. .  Perhaps you could visit him - he is with Capital

Pediatric Group on Medical Parkway off of 38th street.

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Subject: RE: PANDA video from the TODAY show 9/24/09

Hi - You can do a blood test called an ASO titer which means there was a strep

infection in the past. You can get an adnoiditis but if it were caused by strep

I would think it would possibly give a + culture because of ths close proximity

to the tonsils.  Dr. H

 

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:25:39 -0700

From: mcrios@...

Subject: Fw: PANDA video from the TODAY show 9/24/09

To: thughesjr@...

Please look at this video. http://today. msnbc.msn. com/id/26184891/

vp/33000818# 33000818

Can strep colonize in the adenoids. Swabs don't go near the adenoids, so can you

test for strep without the swab?

I think it should be no big deal to test for strep to rule it out causes

of OCD.  I don't want to go through the months of hell that we went through

with 's OCD.

mila mccutchen

 

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http://today. msnbc.msn. com/id/26184891/ vp/33000818# 33000818

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