Lyme article from 1993 mentions PANDAS-like symtoms

[pixiesmommy]

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I have been digging through a lot of Lyme info lately to see if I feel like we fit the bill, and I came across this today on my trail of research and thought it was interesting. As it could go in either Lyme, PANDAS, or Tourette's here, I thought that I would post it here since I'm interested in it for helping my PANDAS daughter, primarily. Hope that is okay. (Bolding is mine.)

 

ETA- This is not to say that all symptoms like this are Lyme. I'm still not sure how to sort out what is what, so please don't assume that I think it is ALL Lyme now. I just wanted to clarify that. The main point was that the symptoms he recognized WERE treated effectively with high doses of antibiotics and cleared. That is all

 

"Miklossy (NeuroReport 4:841-848, 1993) reported the detection of Bb spirochetes on dark-field microscopic examination of post-mortem brain biopsy specimens FROM PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE! CSF and blood cultures grew out Bb from those cases. In my view, a child assigned a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome (ADH) or PNI (Perceptual Neurologic Impairment) should be evaluated for LD. A 16 year old boy whose Tourette's Syndrome began at age 5, had Osp A antigen detected in his CSF. LD treatment resolved the Tourette manifestations. Another patient of mine with ADH had a positive IgM Lyme antibody in the serum. The manifestations of ADH were eradicated while on antibiotics. Distinguishing causality from mere exacerbation of ADH or Tourette by Lyme is moot, and therefore, I suggest an evaluation LD for these patients. Parenthetically, the boy with Tourette also had cognitive impairment, familial nephritis with early renal insufficiency and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). These clinical features all remitted with antibiotics."

Edited October 6, 2010 by pixiesmommy