Have you ever heard of PANDAS? Not the animal.

I was fortunate enough to have this article forwarded to me from the Thrive blog. It is a blog put together by the Chicago’s Children’s Hospital.

Today we posted an article on our pediatric blog, Thrive, on one mother’s story about her son’s diagnosis of PANDAS, a controversial neuropsychiatric disorder thought to be related to routine childhood strep infectionsI came upon your website and thought this article may be of interest to your readers.

Eleven-year-old Chris Heckmann was healthy and in good spirits when his mother, Maura, left him with friends for the night. But when she returned, 24 hours later, her son was unrecognizable. Stricken with paranoia, he refused to eat and paced around the family room, fear in his eyes.

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