PANDAS awareness in the news directly helps others as seen by this new article Family shares experience with illness linked to strep.
The article interviews the Van Nes family and how the recent LA Times article, Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness ,enlightened them on the possible cause of their son’s symptoms and led them to seek a diagnosis and help. William Van Nes is now receiving help from doctors in Palo Alton and San Rafael.
Jacqueline Van Nes states that since implementing appropriate interventions, like antibiotics, “The improvements in her son have taken Van Nes “from a crisis 10 to a crisis 3.”
If ever in doubt if getting PANDAS in the headlines and in the public eye is doing anything, this story is a prime example that it does.
To read the full article in The Californian, visit Family shares experience with illness linked to strep.
