The Pandas Docs

11/26/2025

Received this card with feedback from my patient “E” today. Grateful for the opportunity to help my patients heal 🙌

If you’re currently struggling with PANS/PANDAS, don’t lose hope. Healing is possible.

11/24/2025

Indeed!

11/20/2025

Did you know PANDAS can occur weeks to months after an infection?? 👀

For this reason, throat swab Strep testing and even blood Strep antibodies may be negative with PANDAS. In addition, if the diagnosis is PANS, the infection can be from other bacteria like Mycoplasma, and even viruses.

11/18/2025

11/16/2025

This was a recent impromptu interview Dr. Scott did with Dr. Tim Moorcroft.

11/13/2025

Part of my job as a doctor is to separate fact from fiction — let’s talk about PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections) and what the research really shows.

This is a longer format video but the message is important!

💙 Help spread awareness by sharing this post with other physicians, parents, family friends, and caregivers.

11/13/2025

Chronic inflammation has been identified as a causative factor and as a predictor of worse outcomes in many conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, bowel diseases, arthritis, cirrhosis, and metabolic syndrome, among others. In cases of chronic mental or physical illness (including chronic, persistent infections), inflammation can become chronic, which damages normal tissues. This damage produces damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) which cause further immune activation. Avoiding further immune activation and re-regulating the immune system is vital in PANS and PANDAS.

Have you noticed dietary changes helping lower inflammation in your body?
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11/03/2025

Suspecting or receiving a PANS/PANDAS diagnosis can be overwhelming. Where do you start with treatment? People DM us all the time asking how and where to find a trusted professional to work with?!

Today Dr. Scott tells you what you need to look for when finding a PANS & PANDAS clinician.

A few resources mentioned are thepandasdocs.com and practitioner directory

What criteria did you use when finding a trusted professional?

10/31/2025

We have unfortunately lived some of these nightmares ourselves. As practitioners, the goal is to make sure other families don’t go through what we did.

More awareness and advocacy for PANS/PANDAS patients will continue to improve diagnosis accuracy & treatment for patients!

Visit thepandasdocs.com to learn more.

What else would you add to this list?!

10/28/2025

We’re so happy to hear these success stories 🙌 Over 10 years ago, our daughter developed PANDAS, which set Dr. Scott and Dr. Ellen on a desperate search for the care she needed.

As doctors, we were fortunate to find the right help and convince our insurance company to provide desperately needed therapies that are too often routinely denied.

A decade later, Dr. Scott has written the first PANS/PANDAS medical text for physicians and created a comprehensive course for parents.

Visit thepandasdocs.com to learn more!