SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PANDAS
PANDAS syndrome shows us that there exists a group of individuals with OCD or tick disorders that are caused by GABHS infections. It has not been validated and recognized as a disease. The full form of PANDAS is paediatric autoimmune neuro-psychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections. This is a rare condition and is believed that one in two thousand children are affected. There can be excessive eye blinking, shoulder shrugging, and noises such as throat clearing, grunting, and saying certain words repeatedly. A child with un-diagnosed PANDAS is taken to psychologist or paediatrician. At the clinic check is made for any strep infection by a special blood test. There should be a constant watch on child 's behaviour, mood changes, child becomes hyper, obsessive thoughts, repetitive noises or words, poor muscle control or refuses to sit at one place or always all over the place. There are no tests that can be done apart from clinical diagnosis. Only when a child has severe episodic course of OCD is when help is required. Pandas syndrome is a proposed kind of OCD. It is the body’s immune reaction to infection. A high level of a strep antibody does not confirm the presence of Pandas.
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If the patient is treated in the preliminary period after the appearance of this symptoms this can be cured with much severe infection. The condition of the patient gets worsen if he/she is not treated in the proper time. Symptoms begin to appear suddenly and recovery period might vary, symptoms might worsen during infection but might improve in between. The symptoms which are mostly reported by doctors as well as the person who are affected by this disease are described in brief in the