Taxable Out Boy Sore Throat Handwashing Addiction

News Health Articles - Taxable Out Boy Sore Throat Handwashing Addiction. Since contact with strep throat infection, a boy in the United States suddenly very diligent hand washing. The experts call it a compulsive behavior disorder, which is often arise accompanies bacterial infection in the throat.

This case started when Brody Kennedy (11 years), a student in California has strep throat. Because of his disease, Brody did not go to school and just relax at home for a few days until healed.

Once it healed, he soon returned to school. But the teachers reported a change in her behavior, ie, become restless and frightened whenever contact with other people or certain objects which he considered dirty.



Since then, he became very frequent hand washing because of fear of germs in that section. Brody behavior change does not only happen in school, at home even worse because he also became more frequent bathing several times a day.

"He washed his hands constantly. He used to never like that. Absolutely. All of a sudden change like this," said her mother, Ms. Kennedy as quoted from Dailymail, Wednesday (12/07/2011).

No one expected these changes associated with strep throat was experiencing some previous time. Until one day, she read the results of studies in 2009 at Columbia University who says that strep throat can lead to compulsive behavior disorders.

Obsessive compulsive disorder or conduct disorder Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by the inability to control one's desires. In this case, Brody is not able to control the urge to shower and wash your hands every time you come into contact with something.

According to the study, an infection that occurs in the throat triggering the activity of the immune system to fight germs. Increased activity that occurs in the brain causes changes in behavior, which is not solely caused by psychological factors.

Because more common in children, this phenomenon is also called Paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder. Until now, experts could not give a satisfactory explanation so there is no specific test to diagnose it.

The study estimates only, this disorder is experienced by about 3 percent of children who suffered a throat infection. Believed, the germs that lead to compulsive or behavioral changes become difficult to control desire is a type of streptococcus bacteria.