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Welcome to the Demystifying PANS/PANDAS Podcast with Dr. Nancy O'Hara! Ever wondered why some kids experience sudden, life-altering behavioral changes?
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Sugar, Infections, and the Whole Child with Dr. Christine Saba (opens the original)
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I always say it takes a village, and this conversation is a good example of what that village sounds like. I sat down with my dear friend and colleague Dr. Christine Saba at MAPS, and we ranged across a lot of ground, starting with the talk she gave on refined sugar as a genuine burden on children's health. Chris is a pharmacist and a pediatrician, so she sees the biology and the whole child at the same time, and she is wonderful at making the science practical, from choosing whole foods over re
Treating Anxiety Like a Poison: An ER Doctor's Approach to OCD (opens the original)
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Scott Antoine and I have been telling each other for years that we are brother and sister from another mother, because when it comes to anxiety and OCD in our children we tend to see the same thing. What he brought to the Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs this year was a framework I had not heard put quite this way. He trained in toxicology. In the emergency department, a poisoning gets three responses: get the patient away from the substance, support while it clears, and where one
The Tick-Borne Infections Hiding Behind Your Child's PANS/PANDAS (opens the original)
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In this episode, I wanted to demystify something that gets missed far too often: the role that tick-borne and vector-borne infections can play in a child's PANS or PANDAS. Dr. Casey Kelley and I talk through why most families never remember a tick bite, and how other carriers like fleas, lice, mosquitoes, and pets mean a clean history does not rule infection out. We walk through the symptom patterns that may raise a flag, the honest limits of testing (antibody tests can read falsely negative in
Why Chasing One Toxin Rarely Fixes a Complex Kid (opens the original)
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I recorded this one with Dr. Eric Gordon and Dr. Nafysa Parpia at the MAPS conference, right after the two of them gave an incredible lecture on the toxic world we live in, and it is exactly the kind of conversation I wish more families could hear when they feel stuck. So often the search is for the single toxin, the one test, the one thing to remove, and together they gently take that apart. Their view is that it is the total load that matters: a child’s genes, their gut, their nutrient status,
What Most Doctors Miss About Keto for Autism and PANS (opens the original)
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In this episode, I talk with my longtime friend and colleague Dr. Julie Buckley about something she has been refining for years: a dairy-free ketogenic diet for children with autism, PANS/PANDAS, and seizures. Julie explains why dropping dairy matters so much. Because plant-based, medium-chain fats are far more ketogenic than animal fat, she can keep the ratio low enough that her daughter still enjoys nectarines, tomatoes, and cucumbers at nearly every meal. We talk about how those medium-chain
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