Demystifying PANS/PANDAS Podcast

Demystifying PANS/PANDAS Podcast

Hosted by: Nancy O'Hara MD

Welcome to the Demystifying PANS/PANDAS Podcast with Dr. Nancy O'Hara! Ever wondered why some kids experience sudden, life-altering behavioral changes? This podcast delves into PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset...

Episodes

Inside a PANS Flare: A Child Explains What It Feels Like

Episode #53

What if the behaviors everyone sees aren't choices at all, but signs of a brain under siege? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, Dr. Nancy O'Hara speaks with ten-year-old Aiden and his mother about living...
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Is Your Home Affecting Your Child's Brain?

Episode #52

What if healing didn't start with another treatment, but with the space your family walks into every day? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, Dr. Nancy O'Hara speaks with designer and author Stephen...
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From Reassurance to Recognition: When Symptoms Mean More

Episode #51

The most powerful tool in pediatric care may not be a test or a treatment… but presence. In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, Dr. Larry Rosen shares how curiosity, listening, and relationship-centered care...
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When a Common Fever Drug Changes Brain Development

Episode #50

What if one of the most commonly used childhood medications carries risks that medicine has failed to fully confront? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, I speak with Dr. William Parker about decades of...
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When the Right Dose Changes Everything

Episode #49

In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, I talk with TruDOSE leaders Tapley Holland and Elena Herning about how precision-dosed platelet therapy works to modulate immune dysfunction, calm neuroinflammation, and...
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The Diet Mistake Almost Everyone Makes With Kids

Episode #48

What if the fastest way to change a child’s diet is to stop trying to take foods away? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, I talk to Dr. Joshua Green on integrative care for complex illness, how he helps kids...
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Why Sudden Skill Loss Is a Medical Emergency

Episode #47

Why does neuroinflammation look different as children grow? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, pediatric neurologist Dr. John Gaitanis explains the continuum of neuroinflammation, why regression represents...
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The Most Misdiagnosed Illness in America? A Lyme Expert Explains

Episode #46

Lyme disease: what if everything you know about it was only a fraction of the truth? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, Dr. Tom Moorcroft joins us to break down misdiagnosis, co-infections, persistence,...
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Why Protocols Fail Complex Kids

Episode #45

This is the mistake most protocols make with complex kids… In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, Dr. James Neuenschwander, also known as Dr. Neu, joins us to talk about root-cause biochemistry, why there’s no...
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From Self-Blame to Self-Compassion: Parenting a Child with PANS/PANDAS

Episode #44

What if you did everything right in pregnancy… and your child still developed autism and PANS/PANDAS? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, functional clinical nutritionist Inna Topiler joins us to talk about...
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When Childhood Suddenly Changes: Izzy’s Journey Through PANDAS

Episode #43

What happens when a ten-year-old wakes up as a completely different child, hearing voices, gripped by terror, and no one can explain why? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, Isabel Witkos shares her story of...
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The Hidden Link Between Infections and Sudden Behavior Changes

Episode #42

What if your child’s sudden tics, rages, anxiety, or personality changes were signs of the immune system attacking the brain after an infection? In this episode of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS, Dr. Craig Shimasaki reveals...
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