PANS, PANDAS, Long Covid and Homeopathy

Since 2021 I have seen an explosion of PANS/PANDAS and long covid cases in my practice. It seems many of our immune systems are no longer able to manage strep, epstein Barr and many other viral or bacterial infections, one on top of the other. It is like a cascade waiting to happen, and in these cases, it is that final infection or exposure that collapses the whole system, leaving you, often out of the blue, with an out of control array of symptoms that can lead to months and years of misdiagnosis and lack of effective treatment. If you already know that the underlying problem is from one of these infections, or you have your suspicions, please call me for a deeper explanation of how homeopathy may be able to assist with this healing.

These are some, but not all of the symptoms that usually exist with many of these underlying conditions and can exist with multiple infections/syndromes.

• Anxiety (heightened anxiety, separation anxiety, irrational fears, panic episodes)
• Tics
• Emotional lability and/or depression
• Irritability, aggression, and/or severely oppositional behaviours
• Behavioural (developmental) regression (increase in temper tantrums, loss of age-appropriate language, clingy behaviour not related to anxiety)
• Sudden deterioration in school performance (due to difficulties with memory, concentration, hyperactivity, impulsivity, new deficits of visuospatial skills)
• Motor or sensory abnormalities (dysgraphia, clumsiness, tics, new sensory sensitivities to light, noise, smell, taste or texture)
• Insomnia and/or sleep disturbances
• Enuresis and/or urinary frequency
• Exhaustion and fatigue
• Muscle pain and weakness lack of coordination

This is why the individuation in homeopathy is so important. We are not treating the infection, we are treating the person, so that they can then deal with and heal the infection themselves. No two people will have exactly the same set of symptoms, and their experience, while similar, will have subtle differences that we will explore and heal. This also has the added benefit of strengthening the immune system so that reinfections, or flares become less and less and we change further susceptibility overall.