Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 To test for a current strep infection they'll do a throat swap. To check for PANDAS you can run blood work ASO and DNASE BUT keep in mind that 50% of the kids do not have high titers and DO have PANDAS. Also the severity of the symptoms do not necessarily correlate to the titer level. You need to look at symptoms. An experienced PANDAS doc will treat on symtoms alone.   Separation anxiety, aggressiveness, OCD, loss of handwriting, loss of math skills, self injurious behavior, attacking others, regression in age appropriate things. Go to the site www.pandasnetwork.org and read away.  From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> Subject: Strep Symptoms Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 11:44 AM  Hello Friends, What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Argie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Thank you , The only symptom I can tell is the OCD, but it's not severe, it's things like, straightening the seatbelts, bathroom towels and mats straight, bed sheets tucked in, wanting to wear only certain colors or type of clothes, like no shorts only jeans, etc. He's compliant and won't complain just keeps working hard. I'll go on the website again, I saw Sammy's story it's very touching! Argie On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Fund wrote: > To test for a current strep infection they'll do a throat swap. To > check for PANDAS you can run blood work ASO and DNASE BUT keep in > mind that 50% of the kids do not have high titers and DO have > PANDAS. Also the severity of the symptoms do not necessarily > correlate to the titer level. You need to look at symptoms. An > experienced PANDAS doc will treat on symtoms alone. Separation > anxiety, aggressiveness, OCD, loss of handwriting, loss of math > skills, self injurious behavior, attacking others, regression in age > appropriate things. Go to the site www.pandasnetwork.org and read > away. > > > > > > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > Subject: Strep Symptoms > > Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 11:44 AM > > > > Hello Friends, > > What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids > don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really > sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well > because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep > test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is > there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? > > Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! > > Argie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Argie Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just behavior problems and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was very different. on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed sleeping it out, cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune system after almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a positive throat swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD improved greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G put their child on anything but Eryped? Bill ________________________________ From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM Subject: Strep Symptoms Hello Friends, What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Argie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Bill, Years ago, we did Eryped for months through Dr. G for high ASO. My son was VERY distracted... couldn¹t focus on his work at school. It was so bad that I pulled him out of school (with his teacher¹s blessing) for a few days until the Eryped kicked in. When he went back to school, she called me in the middle of the day to say it was a miracle (how much more focused he was). He didn¹t show any signs of illness... just the distractedness. I¹ve never heard of him using anything other than Eryped, but you could always ask. Caroline From: Bill klimas <klimas_bill@...> Reply-< > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:59:27 -0800 (PST) < > Subject: Re: Strep Symptoms Argie Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just behavior problems and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was very different. on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed sleeping it out, cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune system after almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a positive throat swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD improved greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G put their child on anything but Eryped? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Hi Bill, You know, has been on Septra for a while as part of the protocol, maybe that's why he's so mild? We tried giving him Immunovir, but he had a horrible reaction, that we had to stop. He started vomiting non-stop, and excessive gas! It was so weird. We found out that he does have a hietal hernia and that's why the excessive gas, but it didn't explain the vomiting. Anyway, we can't afford the medication right now But maybe we'll try it after things improve. We gave it to our daughter, and we did not see any improvements in her lab results (she took it for a year). Argie On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Bill klimas wrote: > Argie > Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just > behavior problems > and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was > very different. > on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed > sleeping it out, > cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune > system after > almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a > positive throat > swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD > improved > greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G > put their > child on anything but Eryped? > Bill > > ________________________________ > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > > Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM > Subject: Strep Symptoms > > Hello Friends, > > What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids > don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really > sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well > because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep > test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is > there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? > > Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! > > Argie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Dr G would occasionally use cefzil for us, and extend it past 14 days. I'm currently on keflex for at least a few months, a switch off doxycycline for a while, and it's going well on that too. I'm sure my ASO is down - I'd bet by 200 since I started it. Cefzil was well tolerated most of the time by my boys, but it's not one of the favorite choices for long term use - but it is fine for at least a month when necessary (as far as I know but may depend on the age). I imagine Connor's old enough for doxycycline, but I haven't heard of Dr G using it in the kids, even though he recommended it to me. We tried doxy on Garrett when he was 10 (thru Dr ), but although it made such a difference in his cognitive function that he reported it himself in 3 days (always my magic number - I always 'wake up to the world' 3 days into it when I wasn't on it all the time), it made him soooo nauseaus that we had to stop it by the 5th day. It was so dissappointing. He lost the function, and even said it would almost be worth being sick to have his brain work like that again. So, we tried and got two more pills in (night & next morning), and he said, nevermind - it makes me too sick. We're trying minocycline for the 2nd time, just one dose at bedtime, and this time he is tolerating that one. I don't know if I see gains so much yet, but the complaints from school are almost nothing, but I think the affection from his teacher and all her hard work may be credited - that, and pretty girls lol. (He's starting to dream about girls now - isn't 11 just a weee bit early?) But .... you know, he was trying hard before the mino and wasn't having success ... I just can't say. I tried minocycline and it did NONE of what doxy did for me. We've been addressing anger, and there are resentments he still holds from the almost year of daily soy lecithen (how that escaped me I still don't know except my stupid fog), but when he's not being angry (and after pulling the last little sneaky treat out a week ago it's been so much better), he's just soooo with it, he and I can be so connected (when we're not totally pissed off at each other, which we've been a good bit), and the eyes are bright, the smiles are brighter. So hey, maybe the mino does have something to do with that ... as long as the diet is cleaner. He gets dairy sneaked in - that's my next mission - it just didn't seem to have any impact on him, but your post a few months (or year?) back, Bill, where you fought the diet so long and then finally committed to it, has reinforced that if he's not totally doing well, and if I believe in everything else, then why the hell do I let him have something with dairy? I can answer: he was hating me enough already - but that was the soy monster. Recently we discovered that they main core problem he has been having with rage at his brother (aside from being too sensitive to noise and his brother being a chatty little fellow, and using little hisses and other sounds and such just to piss Garrett off to maximum blow the little turkey) is that during this year of soy-rage, he listens to his brother be happy, chipper, cheery, laughing and entertaining himself with video games and having a close friend, and he can't feel that - can't enjoy himself anywhere near the degree his brother can. I've been talking to him about how the soy was doing that, how much it has improved lately, and reminding him how bad and miserable and obsessive was before Dr put him on Effexor (I didn't realize how life changing that was until he threw up for 3 days and started obsessing again - no strep and no improvement on antibiotics). Then ... it dawned on me. I started telling him about all the foods does NOT eat that Garrett craves and begs for every day. 's diet is so much cleaner, and he doesn't have the fierce craving for dairy or chocolate, and doesn't eat near the carbs his brother begs for. I started naming what he does eat, and naming all that he doesn't eat, and Garrett and I stared at each other with our jaws dropped for a moment (this was just a few days ago). I don't know how I'm gonna get him switched over, but we just have to. At least he likes sheeps cheese and romano well enough to replace pizza - much to my shock (and his) - the munchango or whatever that someone here posted long before and I saved and never tried till I reached that lovely breaking point. Now if I can just replace butter with something that doesn't have soy - I'd give dairy in a heart beat over soy. And oh if only there was a non-soy suitable american cheese - he'd think he'd gone to heaven. Oops - rambling.  ________________________________ From: Bill klimas <klimas_bill@...> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:59:27 AM Subject: Re: Strep Symptoms  Argie Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just behavior problems and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was very different. on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed sleeping it out, cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune system after almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a positive throat swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD improved greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G put their child on anything but Eryped? Bill ________________________________ From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM Subject: Strep Symptoms Hello Friends, What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Argie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 I think we did some sulfa or bactrim or something once w/Dr G. It makes a red ring around one of the kids' mouth though. But it worked ok... The key is going to be on it a month, not 10 days, or have you already done that? ________________________________ From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 3:16:51 PM Subject: Re: Strep Symptoms Hi Bill, You know, has been on Septra for a while as part of the protocol, maybe that's why he's so mild? We tried giving him Immunovir, but he had a horrible reaction, that we had to stop. He started vomiting non-stop, and excessive gas! It was so weird. We found out that he does have a hietal hernia and that's why the excessive gas, but it didn't explain the vomiting. Anyway, we can't afford the medication right now But maybe we'll try it after things improve. We gave it to our daughter, and we did not see any improvements in her lab results (she took it for a year). Argie On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Bill klimas wrote: > Argie > Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just > behavior problems > and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was > very different. > on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed > sleeping it out, > cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune > system after > almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a > positive throat > swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD > improved > greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G > put their > child on anything but Eryped? > Bill > > ________________________________ > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > > Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM > Subject: Strep Symptoms > > Hello Friends, > > What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids > don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really > sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well > because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep > test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is > there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? > > Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! > > Argie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 He's been taking Septra for over 3 years now. On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:25 PM, wrote: > I think we did some sulfa or bactrim or something once w/Dr G. It > makes a red > ring around one of the kids' mouth though. But it worked ok... > > The key is going to be on it a month, not 10 days, or have you > already done > that? > > > > ________________________________ > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > > Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 3:16:51 PM > Subject: Re: Strep Symptoms > > Hi Bill, > > You know, has been on Septra for a while as part of the > protocol, maybe that's why he's so mild? > We tried giving him Immunovir, but he had a horrible reaction, that we > had to stop. He started vomiting non-stop, and excessive gas! It was > so weird. > We found out that he does have a hietal hernia and that's why the > excessive gas, but it didn't explain the vomiting. > Anyway, we can't afford the medication right now But maybe we'll > try it after things improve. > We gave it to our daughter, and we did not see any improvements in her > lab results (she took it for a year). > > Argie > > On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Bill klimas wrote: > > > Argie > > Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just > > behavior problems > > and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was > > very different. > > on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed > > sleeping it out, > > cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune > > system after > > almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a > > positive throat > > swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD > > improved > > greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G > > put their > > child on anything but Eryped? > > Bill > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > > > > Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM > > Subject: Strep Symptoms > > > > Hello Friends, > > > > What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my > kids > > don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really > > sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling > well > > because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep > > test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is > > there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? > > > > Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! > > > > Argie > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Hi, . I can't help you with the american cheese sub that doesn't have soy, but as far as the butter is concerned, we use Earth Balance. The regular one has soy, but I did find a soy free version at Walmart. It's in a red container instead of yellow. All the best, Robyn From: <thecolemans4@...> Subject: Re: Strep Symptoms Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 9:23 PM  Dr G would occasionally use cefzil for us, and extend it past 14 days. I'm currently on keflex for at least a few months, a switch off doxycycline for a while, and it's going well on that too. I'm sure my ASO is down - I'd bet by 200 since I started it. Cefzil was well tolerated most of the time by my boys, but it's not one of the favorite choices for long term use - but it is fine for at least a month when necessary (as far as I know but may depend on the age). I imagine Connor's old enough for doxycycline, but I haven't heard of Dr G using it in the kids, even though he recommended it to me. We tried doxy on Garrett when he was 10 (thru Dr ), but although it made such a difference in his cognitive function that he reported it himself in 3 days (always my magic number - I always 'wake up to the world' 3 days into it when I wasn't on it all the time), it made him soooo nauseaus that we had to stop it by the 5th day. It was so dissappointing. He lost the function, and even said it would almost be worth being sick to have his brain work like that again. So, we tried and got two more pills in (night & next morning), and he said, nevermind - it makes me too sick. We're trying minocycline for the 2nd time, just one dose at bedtime, and this time he is tolerating that one. I don't know if I see gains so much yet, but the complaints from school are almost nothing, but I think the affection from his teacher and all her hard work may be credited - that, and pretty girls lol. (He's starting to dream about girls now - isn't 11 just a weee bit early?) But .... you know, he was trying hard before the mino and wasn't having success ... I just can't say. I tried minocycline and it did NONE of what doxy did for me. We've been addressing anger, and there are resentments he still holds from the almost year of daily soy lecithen (how that escaped me I still don't know except my stupid fog), but when he's not being angry (and after pulling the last little sneaky treat out a week ago it's been so much better), he's just soooo with it, he and I can be so connected (when we're not totally pissed off at each other, which we've been a good bit), and the eyes are bright, the smiles are brighter. So hey, maybe the mino does have something to do with that ... as long as the diet is cleaner. He gets dairy sneaked in - that's my next mission - it just didn't seem to have any impact on him, but your post a few months (or year?) back, Bill, where you fought the diet so long and then finally committed to it, has reinforced that if he's not totally doing well, and if I believe in everything else, then why the hell do I let him have something with dairy? I can answer: he was hating me enough already - but that was the soy monster. Recently we discovered that they main core problem he has been having with rage at his brother (aside from being too sensitive to noise and his brother being a chatty little fellow, and using little hisses and other sounds and such just to piss Garrett off to maximum blow the little turkey) is that during this year of soy-rage, he listens to his brother be happy, chipper, cheery, laughing and entertaining himself with video games and having a close friend, and he can't feel that - can't enjoy himself anywhere near the degree his brother can. I've been talking to him about how the soy was doing that, how much it has improved lately, and reminding him how bad and miserable and obsessive was before Dr put him on Effexor (I didn't realize how life changing that was until he threw up for 3 days and started obsessing again - no strep and no improvement on antibiotics). Then ... it dawned on me. I started telling him about all the foods does NOT eat that Garrett craves and begs for every day. 's diet is so much cleaner, and he doesn't have the fierce craving for dairy or chocolate, and doesn't eat near the carbs his brother begs for. I started naming what he does eat, and naming all that he doesn't eat, and Garrett and I stared at each other with our jaws dropped for a moment (this was just a few days ago). I don't know how I'm gonna get him switched over, but we just have to. At least he likes sheeps cheese and romano well enough to replace pizza - much to my shock (and his) - the munchango or whatever that someone here posted long before and I saved and never tried till I reached that lovely breaking point. Now if I can just replace butter with something that doesn't have soy - I'd give dairy in a heart beat over soy. And oh if only there was a non-soy suitable american cheese - he'd think he'd gone to heaven. Oops - rambling.  ________________________________ From: Bill klimas <klimas_bill@...> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:59:27 AM Subject: Re: Strep Symptoms  Argie Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just behavior problems and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was very different. on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed sleeping it out, cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune system after almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a positive throat swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD improved greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G put their child on anything but Eryped? Bill ________________________________ From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM Subject: Strep Symptoms Hello Friends, What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Argie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Argie, A hiatel hernia would also explain the vomiting. My husband's is so large that it caused severe erosive gastritis and narrowed his esophagus so much that he threw up constantly. He has to have surgery early next year. For now, he is controlling the vomiting with medication and diet. All the best, Robyn > Argie > Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just > behavior problems > and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was > very different. > on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed > sleeping it out, > cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune > system after > almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a > positive throat > swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD > improved > greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G > put their > child on anything but Eryped? > Bill > > ________________________________ > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > > Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM > Subject: Strep Symptoms > > Hello Friends, > > What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids > don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really > sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well > because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep > test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is > there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? > > Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! > > Argie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Thanks Robyn, Thank God he doesn't need surgery. He is doing better with diet and medicine. When we removed brown sugar, brown rice and cinnamon from his diet the vomiting " gagging " stopped completely, this was way before his hernia was diagnosed. Dr. G was the one to tell us to stop those. Take care, Argie On Dec 15, 2010, at 1:09 AM, Robyn & Greg Coggins wrote: > Argie, > > A hiatel hernia would also explain the vomiting. My husband's is so > large that it caused severe erosive gastritis and narrowed his > esophagus so much that he threw up constantly. He has to have > surgery early next year. For now, he is controlling the vomiting > with medication and diet. > > All the best, > > Robyn > > > > > Argie > > > Same here. Connor would NEVER EVER show signs of illness just > > > behavior problems > > > and I or his mom would get ill the following days. This year was > > > very different. > > > on three occasions he has become typically ill. Fever, in bed > > > sleeping it out, > > > cough, runny nose. I think it is the immunovir balancing his immune > > > system after > > > almost two years. I still suspect Pandas after a High ASO and a > > > positive throat > > > swab this fall. His Ped put him on Amox for ten days and the OCD > > > improved > > > greatly but came back when the script ran out. Has anyone had Dr G > > > put their > > > child on anything but Eryped? > > > Bill > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > > > > > > Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 11:44:43 AM > > > Subject: Strep Symptoms > > > > > > Hello Friends, > > > > > > What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my > kids > > > don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really > > > sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling > well > > > because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep > > > test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is > > > there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? > > > > > > Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! > > > > > > Argie > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 When my son was little, he had to turn the gas cap 10 times before he got in the car, starting 3 days before he would test positive for strep. I learned to wait for 3 days to schedule the pediatrician appointment, because I would go, test negative, then go back exactly 3 days later (because OCD was getting worse and his throat would finally get red), & he'd be positive. He wouldn't complain, wouldn't have a fever until 3 days after the antibiotic was started. Now, if he gets strep, it usually presents normally w/ a sore throat and usually some fever. He also gets very nauseaus and tends to throw up, and has sinus symptoms too. Good luck. If you can keep strep infections from getting missed while their little, maybe they won't get outright PANDAS. My kids both would show ocd w/the onset of strep, but their titers didn't rise like mine (I got labeled a carrier & fought over a year to get treatment properly), and their ocd symptoms go away within days of the antibiotic and don't return. So far... ________________________________ From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 10:44:43 AM Subject: Strep Symptoms  Hello Friends, What are the symptoms of strep? I know this sounds weird, but my kids don't get fevers, so it's hard for me to tell when they're really sick! My son just gets the sniffles, but I know he's not feeling well because he gets extra cranky and more " OCD " . We have had the strep test " swab " and lab works before, but they came back negative. Is there a specific blood test they can do? Would Dr. G order it? Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Argie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.