PANS/PANDAS resources for the American Academy of Pediatrics – AAP
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) acknowledges PANS/PANDAS as syndromes characterized by abrupt onset of dramatic behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms in children.
Fast Facts for Pediatricians
Consider PANS/PANDAS when you see a patient with a sudden and dramatic onset of unwanted thoughts, fears, rituals, obsessive compulsive disorder, restrictive eating, and/or an overall abrupt decline in mental health.
Strep or other infections, such as Mycoplasma pneumonia, influenza, upper respiratory infections, or sinusitis, may be triggering the neurobehavioral changes and psychological distress.
PANS/PANDAS is treatable. Treatment is a three pronged approach that addresses the source (infections), the immune system dysfunction, and the symptoms.
Are PANS/PANDAS and Traditional OCD the Same?
PANS/PANDAS differ from traditional childhood OCD in several key domains, including type of onset, clinical course, accompanying symptoms, and treatment approaches.
What Resources Will Help Me Care for My Patient?
Diagnostic and Treatment Flowcharts
A structured, diagnosis flowchart and symptom severity–based treatment pathway developed with input from multidisciplinary experts.
Seeing Your First Child with PANS/PANDAS
An introduction or refresher of the clinical presentation, symptom descriptions, diagnostic evaluation, and expected outcomes of immune mediated neuroinflammatory conditions, PANS and PANDAS.
PANS Symptom Rating Scale
The PANS Rating Scale is a symptom tracking tool widely used in clinical practice and research to identify and quantify the severity of symptoms associated with PANS. The scale captures symptom presence and severity over the past week, generating a PANS Total Score that reflects overall symptom burden.