Mask wearing, school closures and others measures to fight COVID-19 may hamper the spread of acute flaccid myelitis, a mysterious paralyzing illness.
Q&A: What is AFM? Everything you need to know about the polio-like virus suddenly affecting children across the U.S.The pandemic is dominating public health work right now, but officials are trying to draw attention to AFM. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday“We are concerned that in the midst of a COVID pandemic, that cases might not be recognized.
Hundreds of U.S. children have developed AFM since 2014. Most had a cold-like illness and fever, seemed to get over it, then descended into paralysis. In some cases it started small — for example, a thumb that suddenly wouldn’t move. Some children went on to lose the ability to eat or breathe.that found that the median age of the affected children was 5 years old. Nearly a quarter needed to be put on breathing machines.
Many families say their children have regained at least some movement in affected limbs, but stories of complete recovery are unusual.Spheroid-shaped enterovirus-D68 virions are seen under an electron microscope. Scientists suspect the enterovirus is to blame for acute flaccid myelitis, a mysterious and rare illness that can paralyze children.
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