Month: April 2023
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PANS and PANDAS: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome or Disorders Associated with Streptococcal
PANS and PANDAS are two relatively uncommon and not well-known syndromes that occur in children… PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus. Quite a mouthful! What it represents is disorders that onset after a strep infection causes an autoimmune response that causes neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms. Most often, this condition will be…