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amother
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 Yesterday at 3:55 pm
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My six year old is the more rigid high strung type in general. Recently he picked up this nervous cough/ throat clearing habit. He clears his throat multiple times a a minute. It's beyond irritating and he has no issues with his throat. No strep or sore throat. More just like he picked it up and now he's obsessive . How do you help a child get rid of this?
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amother
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Today at 6:48 pm
Check for strep even if he doesn't have typical sick symptoms. Rigid and uptight is usually anxiety/ocd and ocd + tics is classic pandas. If strep is negative in rapid and overnight swab ask Dr to run strep titers and/or to trial 30 days of augmentic or azithromycin.
You can also try giving him dye free motrin twice a day for 3 days. If the tic goes away, and or the behaviors improve you'll know they're being caused by inflammation.
An anti histamine can also help
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amother
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Today at 7:13 pm
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Thats interesting maybe I'll try the Motrin and see what happens
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amother
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Today at 7:21 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | Thats interesting maybe I'll try the Motrin and see what happens |
Good luck and keep us posted!
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amother
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Today at 8:02 pm
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Came on here to say check for pandas. My nephew had tics for years and it took years til they checked him bec his brother had and his numbers were really high.
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amother
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Today at 8:05 pm
Sorry don't meant to hijack your thread....
My six year old suddenlly began having ticks about a week ago and he's blinking and scrunching nose like crazy....
we did a strep culture but it showed staph growth - should I have it retested?
we drew blood (which was traumatic) and waiting for results. I'm so worried, in same boat as you OP!
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amother
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Today at 8:06 pm
| amother Hosta wrote: | Sorry don't meant to hijack your thread....
My six year old suddenlly began having ticks about a week ago and he's blinking and scrunching nose like crazy....
we did a strep culture but it showed staph growth - should I have it retested?
we drew blood (which was traumatic) and waiting for results. I'm so worried, in same boat as you OP! |
Staph can cause this too, they should treat it regardless
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amother
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Today at 8:11 pm
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are you saying that we should treat for strep even if strep culture is negative and titers turn out to be negative?
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amother
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Today at 8:23 pm
| amother Hosta wrote: | | are you saying that we should treat for strep even if strep culture is negative and titers turn out to be negative? |
I'm saying you should treat the staph
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