Tics, Tourette syndrome, PANDAS & Mold

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I'm searching for any and all people that have developed and/or been

diagnosed with the following and confirmed or believed to be related to your

mold exposure:

neurologic tics causing involuntary body movements (eyes, head, arms, legs,

etc.) Tics are often associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

charteristics as well, including repetitive motions such as continual

snapping, whistling, and much more.

Tourette's syndrome (involves more than 1 tic, often motor and vocal tics)

Or PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with

Group A Streptococcal Infection) PANDAS is a condition that causes

neurologic problems such as tics, tourette's syndrome, obsessive compulsive

disorder and other neurologic and psychiatric problems after having a Strep

infection....an illness many of us are very familiar with.

I was contacted today by Laurie, a very concerned mother of a 5 1/2 year old

boy. From what I understand, they have endured mold exposure of 1 1/2 year.

Her son was diagnosed with PANDAS and she highly suspects it is directly

related to the mold exposure, not just the Strep (throat) infection. I

don't know all the details of her mold situation as she is mostly concerned

with her son's health and would like to find others that may be having

similar symptoms and diagnoses after their exposures.

Also, her son's symptoms are the closest I've found to what my son has

experienced with his neurologic problems. My son was not diagnosed with

PANDAS, but early on it was mentioned to look into by a nurse friend of

mine, as my son too had Strep in the mold home right before his neurologic

symptoms and involuntary eye and body movements began. My son had seizures.

Laurie thought her son was having seizures, but was told by doctors that

it mimiced seizures, but was related to the PANDAS. My son has never been

fully diagnosed regarding his neurologic conditions, especially his eye

movements.

Laurie's husband is a doctor, but is one of those docs that is skeptical

about mold causing serious health effects. Laurie is wanting to learn more

about the environmental connection between Strep (throat) infections,

PANDAS, and the above. If you have any of the above symptoms/diagnoses

related to mold exposure, please contact both Laurie and I as we'd like to

learn more about the connections. If you know of others, please pass this

message along. If you know of doctors that could help, please let us know.

Please be patient with Laurie...she says she's not the most computer savvy

person yet, and she is somewhat still in the frantic stages of all this.

Laurie -- lauriesilber@...

Beverly -- weik004@...

Thank you,

Beverly Weikert

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