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Strep carrier treatment
Hi My son has never tested negative for strep. However, he does not experience symptoms besides:
- Decreased appetite (which is already low, so it’s barely noticeable)
- Motor tics that began two years ago right after a strep infection and have never gone away
- Trichotillomania that also began shortly after that strep infection and wanes
- Anxiety that seems to tick up around a suspected infection
Basically the only surefire way we know he has strep is that either a family member tests positive (because we DO get symptoms) or I hear that his friend has strep. So I get him tested and it’s positive.
It’s my understanding that when children are strep CARRIERS there is a prolonged course of antibiotics that should be given, what is this? Can you help me relay this to our pediatrician? I get the impression he has not heard of the (proven) link between strep and these conditions affecting my boy.
I’m tired and I am seeing the issues progress without the ability to help him…
How can I help advocate for him?
16:42 UTC
[CROSSPOST] I’m Mara Hvistendahl at The New York Times. My colleague Joy Dong and I investigated how China’s panda program with U.S. zoos has faltered in its goal of saving a threatened species. We found that pandas have been aggressively bred and removed from the wild for their genes. AMA!
13:07 UTC
Himalayan brown bear (pre-adult male?) that happen to have a hair pattern looking like a panda's
18:21 UTC
I have a panda tattoo, and I am going to Denmark Zoo to see their pandas this weekend. Would they see my tattoo and understand if I showed it to them?
13:46 UTC
The Giant Panda: China’s National Symbol and Conservation Efforts
05:22 UTC
Giant Pandas in Washington DC, Complete History and Farewell Party (Panda-Palooza!)
15:56 UTC
The Smithsonian National Zoo’s three pandas are heading back to China
Why are the pandas leaving?
The cooperative breeding agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association and the National Zoo is expiring. The initial 10-year agreement with China began in Dec. 2000 and has been renewed three times since 2010.
When are the pandas leaving?
It is unknown when they are going to leave the National Zoo. The contract expires on Dec. 7, so the pandas must return to China by that date.
Who are the pandas?
The National Zoo currently has three pandas. Tian Tian, an adult male, Mei Xiang, an adult female, and their son Xiao Qi Ji.
The names are Mandarin Chinese, with Tian Tian meaning “more and more,” Mei Xiang meaning “beautiful fragrance” and Xiao Qi Ji meaning “little miracle.”
Tian Tian and Mei Xiang were both born and raised at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province. Xiao Qi Ji was born in the United States in 2020.
Why is this important?
The pandas are one of the most popular attractions at the National Zoo. This will be the first time in over 20 years that no pandas are at the zoo.
Once the pandas leave, Zoo Atlanta will be the only zoo in the U.S. to have pandas. Yet, the four pandas there are expected to return to China next year when their agreement expires.
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18:49 UTC
Which American zoos still have pandas?
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