The Hidden Cause of Brain Inflammation Doctors Miss | Dr. Pejman Katiraei
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The Hidden Cause of Brain Inflammation Doctors Miss | Dr. Pejman Katiraei

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 4, 20261 hr 41 min

Brain inflammation may influence behavior, sensory processing, sleep, mood, and cognition in ways many families never realize. In this episode of The Dr. Brighten Show, Dr. Jolene Brighten and Dr. Pejman Katiraei explore the connections between the immune system, gut health, environmental exposures, ADHD, autism, PANS/PANDAS, and neuroinflammation; view the complete show notes at https://drbrighten.com/podcasts/brain-inflammation-and-behavior/ Neurodivergence Is Not the Problem This episode does not suggest that autism or ADHD should be erased, “fixed,” or reduced to inflammation. Instead, the conversation explores an important distinction: A person’s neur...

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How is mold impacting a child's behavior? The foreign alien landed in your child's brain, and then literally start taking over the controls. And then your sweet child, who is kind, playful, social, and smart, starts changing.

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And now they're irritable, angry, impulsive, and they can't regulate themselves. What if the root cause of a child's symptoms has been overlooked? Board-certified pediatrician Dr. Pejman Khatarai is helping families uncover new answers for autism.

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Mold-related illness and complex behavioral challenges. We pay attention to our foods. We pay attention to even the water that we drink, what kind of everything.

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