what is pans disease
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome still under research, leading to rapid onset Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tics in children and adolescents.he proposed criteria claims that children can be distinguished from traditional childhood onset OCD by the severity, abruptness and dramatic onset of symptoms. According to Swedo, Leckman and Rose (2012), pediatric patients suffering from PANS would be identified by the following criteria: