Epidemic Answers’ book Brain Under Attack: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers of Children with PANS, PANDAS and Autoimmune Encephalitis is a must-read for parents of children with symptoms and diagnoses such as:
- OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- Lyme disease
- Excessive anxiety, especially separation anxiety
- Depression
- ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)
- Tics such as:
- Hair pulling
- Eyelash pulling
- Motor tics
- Repetitive or compulsive coughing or throat-clearing when not sick
- Excessive temper tantrums
- Mood swings
- Behavioral regression
- Developmental regression
- Sensory processing difficulties
- Sleep problems
- Gastrointestinal pain
- Bedwetting
- Severe food restriction
- Anorexia
- Decline in handwriting skills
- Decline in math skills
- Hyperactivity
- Inability to concentrate
- Head banging
- Aggression
- Refusal to go to school
- Increased desire to be left alone
- Seizures
Parents of children with autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and learning disabilities may also benefit from reading the book, as many children with these disorders may also have PANS.
PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome), also known as Autoimmune Encephalitis, can include infections that cross the blood-brain barrier such as:
- Group A Streptococcus
- Lyme disease and its co-infections
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Varicella virus
- Influenza virus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Herpes simplex virus
- Other herpetic viruses
In Brain Under Attack, you’ll read about:
- Why these infections are crossing the blood-brain barrier
- Common Western medical approaches to PANS
- Integrative approaches to PANS
- Interviews with practitioners of all types
- Interviews with parents who have restored the health of their children with PANS
- Diet and lifestyle recommendations for boosting your child’s immune system
If you are a practitioner and wish to buy the book in multiples of 20, Epidemic Answers is offering the book at a 40% discount to the book’s list price, exclusive of shipping.
Practitioners of children with these conditions may find the book helpful in educating parents of these children.
Buy the book (paperback and/or Kindle) on Amazon.
Listen to podcasts featuring the authors.
Sign up for the webinar replay in which the co-authors discuss the book.
