PAS AND PANDAS. An increasingly frequent diagnosis.
Then you may know a child who has pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) or pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal disease (PANDAS). According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it is estimated that at least 1 in 100 US schoolchildren have PANS, and that number is increasing every day. More than half of all children with PANS will be...