Sibling with strep

[trademein]

I am pretty sure my 3 year old has strep.White spots drooling cranky. we are going to md tomorrow. Since I am new to PANDAS what effect will this have on my PANDAS daughter? she is on Pen V K 250 twice a day.

[Kayanne]

I am pretty sure my 3 year old has strep.White spots drooling cranky. we are going to md tomorrow. Since I am new to PANDAS what effect will this have on my PANDAS daughter? she is on Pen V K 250 twice a day.

 

It's possible that it will have no effect on your daughter, however many people find that their PANDAS children react to strep in the environment.

 

I just wanted to let you know that last February, my 3 non-PANDAS children were positive for strep. My PANDAS daughter (symptom free at the time) was on 200 mg of pen vk 2x/day then. She continued to test negative, although her PANDAS symptoms started to ramp up again. Her pediatrician put her on 10 days of omnicef based on PANDAS symptoms alone, and we high-tailed it to Dr. L who continued the antibiotic and started her on a month of prednisone. Within 2 weeks she was back to normal.

 

Good Luck

[matis_mom]

I am pretty sure my 3 year old has strep.White spots drooling cranky. we are going to md tomorrow. Since I am new to PANDAS what effect will this have on my PANDAS daughter? she is on Pen V K 250 twice a day.

Very possible her PANDAS symptoms may increase, even if she doesn't get an active infection. Get everyone checked. Even your PANDAS dd. My son got an ear infection while on Augmentin XR (at the time his siblings had strep), so don't assume she cannot get it. Hopefully she'll ride this out, but be very proactive at dissinfecting stuff, changing toothbrushes, throw away the old tube of paste, etc, so it doesn't spread further. Welcome to the PANDAS world! It really changes the way you LIVE! My kids have finally learned not to share cups, not to use water fountains, etc.