Historically, PANDAS has been known to affect younger children. They very frequently begin to exhibit symptoms after entering kindergarten. Another peak onset for symptoms of PANDAS is after a child enters junior high. An argument could be made that children whose symptom-onset fits this pattern are suffering from “conversion disorder” due to the stress of adapting to either being in school for the first time, or to the increased demands (changing classes, remembering locker combinations, greater quantities of homework, etc.) that characterize the junior high academic experience. However, before we attribute these patterns to “stress induced psychogenic disorders,” we really should ask ourselves what else do these kids have in common. The answer is “back-to-school shots.” Just as the onset of PANDAS symptoms has historically affected younger children (that’s why it’s a “pediatric” diagnosis), historically, “back-to-school shots” have also only been a factor in those school children entering kindergarten and again when they advance to middle school. We are now beginning to see increasing numbers of older adolescents (high school-aged kids) exhibiting symptoms consistent with PANDAS. We have also only recently begun vaccinating high school students on a routine basis with an ever-increasing vaccination schedule. Is this coincidence? Or is it vaccine-injury? vaxtruth.org/2014/06/pandas-and-vaccine-injury/
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:59:44 +0000
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