Interesting article - Hair pulling is a neuroimmunological condition

[Bat_Sheva_Myllys]

Here is the link

http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/the_neuroimmunological_basis_of_hair_pulling/

[EAMom]

Thanks for posting. I found this interesting article from the same blog.

 

http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2010/03/immune_response_to_brain_infection_may_trigger_alzheimers.php

[tpotter]

Thank you for posting this. I have printed out 2 copies...one for me, and one for a client, who's 2 y.o daughter has trich and appears to also have pica (eats anything and everything...whether edible or not.) Her biological mother also does this, and I suspect that it is all infection triggered (in the child's case, I think it was probably passed down).

 

I have been giving the foster mom all the documentation I can find, because she is scheduled to see a neurologist (who actually knows about PANDAS) in October (he has seen my kids). He responds really well to research, and I am giving them information to take with them, so he doesn't push this child away as "psychological" (I told her to mention my name if necessary.)

[Mary M]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=10947928

 

The above was an excellent tv interview posted some time ago on our forum. The best is the 10 minute segment..it is worth your time to learn from the whole 10 minute version from this nobel prize winner.