Doctors first identified cases of unexplained muscle weakness and limb paralysis in children, which they called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, in 2014, said Dr. Kevin Messacar.

Rates of enterovirus D68 infections are rising, and the virus could lead to a rare polio-like condition in children. Dr. Leana Wen tells parents what they need to know.

Frequency of pulse polio administration is directly or indirectly related to incidence of non-polio acute flaccid paralysis, say researchers. May 15, 2025 e-Paper. LOGIN Account.

Acute flaccid myelitis strikes active 4-year-old. But doctors don't know why he got the polio-like disease. ... a strange and rare paralysis that mainly afflicts children ages 4 to 8. ...

For the past five years, they’ve been working to identify the specific viral pathogen responsible, how it works, and why some kids develop symptoms of paralysis while others do not.

In many infectious disease outbreaks, including measles and influenza, as the number of cases rises, so too does the chance complications may arise. Such appears to be the situation with the ...

In 2018, there were 238 reports of acute flaccid myelitis to the CDC, which are believed to be largely caused by spikes in the virus. There's been no increase in such paralysis observed so far ...

Medical experts are trying to understand why more and more children in the UK and US are being paralysed by a rare polio-like disease. So far there have been 28 confirmed cases of acute flaccid ...

‘EV-D68 has been associated with acute flaccid myelitis, ... (CDC) has reported a spike in EV-D68, a virus in rare cases can lead to permanent paralysis in children.

Data from 30 children with acute peripheral facial paralysis showed that virus reactivation was especially significant in those between 6 and 15 years of age.