PANS and PANDAS: Autoimmune disease awareness could save children's lives

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PANS and PANDAS: Autoimmune disease awareness could save children's lives
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We want you to know about an autoimmune disorder few people know about that can suddenly change a child's behavior in a scary way. A local doctor is sounding the alarm so parents know about PANS and PANDAS.

We want you to know about an autoimmune disorder that can suddenly change a child's behavior in a scary way. Some studies show that 1 in 200 kids has it, yet few people know about it. A local doctor is sounding the alarm, so that parents understand

, which stands for Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. At the time, she was a happy and healthy two-year-old, but she got sick and spiked a fever, then started acting clumsy and falling, then later terrified her parents during the night. "It was a very blood curdling kind of scream. We knew it wasn't a normal like 'I'm scared scream', and we went to get her out of her bed, and she had lost kind of control of her limbs.

diagnosis and diagnosed with CIRS , so doctors suspect people who can't handle the load of toxins in the environment may be more vulnerable to

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