December 20, 2024
A PANS/PANDAS explainer
If you have patients with children who have experienced psychiatric and neurologic changes after a viral infection, you’ll want to point them to the latest article from the Partnership for Personalized Prescriptions.
It focuses on a pair of rare autoimmune brain inflammations: PANS (pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome) and PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections). Both tend to be underdiagnosed or in some cases unknown to pediatricians, and a compounding pharmacist (like you) might be able to help get them started on the right treatment.
