Symptoms Of PANDAS

Auditory Or Visual Hallucinations

When a child is suffering from PANDAS, it's possible they will experience either auditory or visual hallucinations, the former of which is particularly common among children with this condition. Auditory hallucinations usually cause the individual to hear voices in their head they believe to be real at the moment they occur. The sounds may seem as though they are coming from outside or inside of the mind. When a patient is hearing things, it might seem like two individuals are talking to one another or the voices are telling the affected person they should do something. Visual hallucinations result in someone seeing things that aren't actually there. For instance, the patient could see insects crawling on a wall. The hallucinations could also be very basic and centered instead around flashes of light or colored spots that didn't actually happen. While the main causes of auditory and visual hallucinations include Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, there are also times when PANDAS could be the cause, which is particularly true with children.

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