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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]strep in kids can lead to a serious syndrome called PANDS that manifests with sudden onset of OCD symptoms.

I just had a terrible stomach ache for 3 days.  No diarrhea, no vomiting (though thought I might at one point).  Maybe that was whatever strep thing is going around?  I am better now.  Didn't see the doctor.[/quote]

Strep can lead to rheumatic fever, Sydenham's chorea, PANDAS, glomerulonephritis (a kidney disorder), and types of systemic vasculitis. It is suspected as a cause of other disorders--for example, it has been implicated in narcolepsy.

Having a child with PANDAS (his strep has often been asympotomatic, testing positive when his sympotmatic sibling does), they cannot develop a strep vaccine quick enough for me.[/quote]

I also have a child with PANDAS. When he was younger, he used to get a stomach ache, fever, and sore throat with strep. The past couple years he only gets a dramatic increase in tics and a bad headache when he has strep.

Strep is not something that can be left to resolve on it's own. It is a bacterial infection, and antibiotics are necessary to avoid serious complications. [/quote]

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