INTRODUCTION
Treatment for PANDAS is usually controversial simply because doctors have not seen it or not read up carefully on it. And, the diagnostic criteria for the illness need better clarification. Below is a list of they types medical experts we’ve talked to — in order to help you understand that careful and continued conversations with M.D.’s have occurred to give you the below information.
The observations written here are based on over 70 anecdotal PANDAS experiences and conversations with doctors from Stanford Univ., Yale, Harvard, Georgetown Univ., Univ. of Chicago, U.C. Irvine, Duke Univ. and many others. Their disciplines include Rheumatology, Immunology, Pediatrics, Neuropsychiatry, Streptococcus Experts, Pediatric Neurology – and more. Please know that physicians are making efforts to develop public education about PANDAS and future studies explaining the phenomenon are being pursued.
Read the studies attached. Read the Case Histories. If you have a child that is ill with what appears to be PANDAS it is best to reach out to us and a parent will discuss in detail with you what has helped their child begin the healing process. I have contacted some of the naysayers of PANDAS and, frankly, they have agreed with some of us that they have not seen a case of Acute PANDAS as we describe here. For parents and doctors that have attempted to arrest the onslaught of Acute PANDAS – the below will make sense.
TREATMENTS CURRENTLY USED
There are 4 ways to lessen the autoimmune inflammation caused by PANDAS: