{"id":13029,"date":"2021-09-08T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/last-drum.flywheelsites.com\/?p=13029"},"modified":"2022-02-23T11:08:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:08:33","slug":"pans-and-autism-2021-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism.org\/pans-and-autism-2021-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Systemic Inflammatory & Autoimmune Diseases\u2014PANS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jennifer Frankovich MD MS<\/a>, clinical professor at Stanford University\/Lucile Packard Children\u2019s Hospital, discusses the co-occurrence of systemic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases \u2013 including the overlap between pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and autism. She outlines the presentation of classic rheumatologic diseases noting the prevalence of mental health symptoms and provides clinical criteria for PANS. Frankovich discusses PANS as a relapsing\/remitting condition and explores the clinical management options, citing recent studies on steroid use. She concludes by reemphasizing the association of psychiatric symptoms with autoimmune and rheumatologic diseases and states the importance of post-flare rehabilitation before opening the floor to questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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