🚨 Did you know common infections can cause severe mental illness that’s mostly overlooked by MDs?
@krisnewby wrote abt stunning case of healthy teen dx’d w schizophrenia after bug bites transmitted #Bartonella.
He was committed to psych ward...
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@krisnewby wrote abt stunning case of healthy teen dx’d w schizophrenia after bug bites transmitted #Bartonella.
He was committed to psych ward...
nowthisnews.com/swamp-boy
He failed all major psych drugs & only got worse.
His dad had hunch that docs were missing something important & began reviewing literature.
He presented MDs w his findings of infection-mediated illness #PANS.
MDs wrongly dismissed him, insisted it was psychiatric.
His dad had hunch that docs were missing something important & began reviewing literature.
He presented MDs w his findings of infection-mediated illness #PANS.
MDs wrongly dismissed him, insisted it was psychiatric.
Dad was right.
His research led him to the work of brilliant Dr Ed Breitschwerdt from @NCStateVetMed , 🌍 leading expert on bartonella, who I interviewed last week (will post link).
He contacted Dr B whose lab found bartonella in his blood.
His research led him to the work of brilliant Dr Ed Breitschwerdt from @NCStateVetMed , 🌍 leading expert on bartonella, who I interviewed last week (will post link).
He contacted Dr B whose lab found bartonella in his blood.
He began treating under the care of bartonella expert MD/ researcher Dr Robert Mozeyeni, who gave him a multitude of antimicrobials & antibiotics.
He fully recovered & is now a sophomore getting straight-A’s in a terrific college.
He fully recovered & is now a sophomore getting straight-A’s in a terrific college.
Many kids diagnosed with #PANS & #PANDAS are ultimately found to have infections like #Lyme #bartonella #Strep that are causing their symptoms.
It is commonly the case that these infections are only discovered after parents push for better answers & psych meds fail.
It is commonly the case that these infections are only discovered after parents push for better answers & psych meds fail.
This case was written up a few years ago and got a lot of press.
However, it is not as uncommon as you may think.
What is common is that psych symptoms are often infectious and most docs miss that part & throw psych drugs at ppl without evaluating for neuro infections.
However, it is not as uncommon as you may think.
What is common is that psych symptoms are often infectious and most docs miss that part & throw psych drugs at ppl without evaluating for neuro infections.
Can not more highly rec you read the article in the first tweet by @krisnewby. It may very well save someone you love.
Here is my recent interview w Dr. Breitschwerdt, who is a hero of mine & to many! bayarealyme.org/blog/ticktecti…
Here is my recent interview w Dr. Breitschwerdt, who is a hero of mine & to many! bayarealyme.org/blog/ticktecti…
Of note, #bartonella is also an infection many of us are seeing underlying #LongCovid.
In the words of @StevePhillipsMD: “A randomized control study evaluating vectorborne infections and treating them would be potentially game-changing when it comes to #LongCovid.”
In the words of @StevePhillipsMD: “A randomized control study evaluating vectorborne infections and treating them would be potentially game-changing when it comes to #LongCovid.”
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