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Georgia doesn't treat this devastating diagnosis in kids | How families are navigating care

Families whose children are diagnosed with PANS or PANDAS say they cannot find medical providers who will treat their kids.

Kaitlyn Ross, Jon Samuels, Gabriella Nunez

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Published: 6:00 AM EDT April 22, 2024
Updated: 5:57 PM EDT April 23, 2024

Three Georgia mothers say their daughters went from happy, playful girls to children struggling with anxiety and rage overnight.

They've come to the same conclusion: their daughters have a serious medical diagnosis. It's backed up with documentation - but some doctors refuse to treat them.

Those doctors say the diagnosis, PANDAS or PANS, doesn't exist.

It's a medical conundrum in the pediatric neurology and rheumatology fields - and it's putting thousands of parents in a dilemma finding and affording care for their child.

Here's just a glimpse of what some families face.

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