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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are you discovering the repeat infections, especially if it is only days later? Is she becoming symptomatic again, or are you going in for a throat swab to confirm the indection cleared, only to discover she still has strep? Is it possible she's a carrier and will always show as strep positive?[/quote]

This is OP, she is becoming symptomatic again.  That is how we are finding out about each new case.  This Sunday, she said she didn't feel well and had no fever, but an hour later, her fever was 102.  I gave her tylenol, and her fever was still 102.  Urgent care gave her motrin, and her fever was still 102.  She finally started getting better after a dosage of augmentin.  There are times she is sick, and we have taken her in for a strep test, and the strep test has been negative both the short and long tests, so she is not 100% positive for strep.  I do think that we will schedule with an ENT and look into getting her tonsils out.  Most of my step brothers and sisters had to have that done, but I don't know of any of my blood relatives that have had to do that.  I will have to ask my family.  A tonsillectomy sounds a bit scary, but is starting to make sense.

I don't think she has PANDAS.  I have read up on that quite a bit, and she has no tics of any kind.  She is a bit anxious at times and has ADHD, but no sudden onset of tics.  Her not wanting to go to school is nothing new.  [/quote]

Tics are absolutely not required for PANDAS.  On the other hand, anxiety, ADHS, and school refusal can be signs of PANDAS.  Often, pupils are dilated.  If they put their arms out in front of them you can sometimes see what are called choreiform movements.  How old is she? Younger children often show with sudden bizarre behaviors, and it is unmistakeable something is wrong.  In older children the onset can be more insidious.[/quote]

This is OP, and my dd is 9 years old.  I have never seen her do any choreiform movements.  Her ADHD appears to be partly genetic because my dh has ADHD.  I think she hates school because she has ADHD. I don't think these issues are related to strep for her.  [/quote]

I agree--doesn't sound like PANDAS.  But go to Harley anyway for a consult on a possible tonsillectomy.[/quote]

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