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Rare strep throat complication can cause OCD behaviors, tics

UNC Health

Allen Mask, M.D.

February 2013

The parents of a 10-year-old Raleigh boy began noticing strange behavior in their son about a year ago. Chris Martian would, all of a sudden, blank out and become unresponsive. After a long time searching, Chris was Diagnosed with PANDAS and now takes antibiotics and does cognitive behavioral psychotherapy to treat PANDAS.

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