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I forgot to mention a couple of other things. Aside from sorting out the Strep. connection right now for your daughter, it's also quite common for girls to have an increase in tics pre-puberty or around onset of puberty and that's certainly something that happened in my daughter's case (I have 2 children, grown now, who have been diagnosed with TS when younger).
Regarding tests for GABHS, it's also my impression that one single positive test is not enough to show a relationship between the tics and the strep.. Meaning that a large proportion of the population will at some time have a Strep test and it will be positive. It's such a common illness. The really important thing is that if there has been a positive culture already and there appears to be a relationship between the strep infections and the tics, then follow-up or longitudinal measurements of antistreptococcal or antinuclear antibody titers should be done over a period of time. There is more here regarding PANDAS. http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/pandas_overview.htm Quote:
One last thing about Strep. throats. If one person in the family ever gets a Strep. throat then others are at risk. Also, throw out the child's toothbrush. It's simple and cheap to replace and in my opinion worth it. |
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