[ad_1] Armando L. Sanchez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images David Kulakowski, 38, and Jessica Kulakowski, 31, watch their son Chase Kulakowski, age 3, play at their home in Dyer, Indiana …
Read More »South Dakota Health Unit Investigates Possible Case of Flaccid Acute Myelitis
[ad_1] A nurse prepares a pertussis vaccine. The pertussis vaccine is given to children in combination with the diphtheria and tetanus vaccine (DTaP) in a series of five doses and protects children …
Read More »Acute flaccid myelitis extends to 90 confirmed cases in 27 states
[ad_1] The number of American children with acute flaccid myelitis (AM) continues to grow and federal health officials still do not know what triggers polio-like paralysis characterized by sudden weakness or loss …
Read More »Fluoxetine for acute myelitis flaccid?
[ad_1] Action points The antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) did not improve muscle strength in children with acute flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus (EV) D68, a rare polio-like disease. Note that the CDC reported …
Read More »Potential Treatment for Polio-Like Acute Flaccid Myelitis Proves Ineffective | Health Care News
[ad_1] Acute flaccid myelitis is a rare condition that causes weakness in the limbs, trouble breathing, drooping eyelids and, in extreme cases, paralysis.(Katja Kirche/Getty Images) A rare polio-like illness that most often …
Read More »Acute flaccid myelitis: doctors perform rare nerve transfer surgery in a paralyzed child
[ad_1] Doctors in St. Louis are launching a special surgical operation to help children regain movement and feel paralyzed limbs as a result of contracting a rare virus similar to polio. Dr. …
Read More »First-of-its-kind surgery allows child with polio-like illness acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) to walk again
[ad_1] Brian Noblitt says it only took one week for his son Brandon’s health to deteriorate in 2016. “One Saturday we played baseball, everything was normal,” he told correspondent Adriana Diaz. “Tuesday …
Read More »Acute flaccid myelitis: mother travels to California to fight a polio-like illness
[ad_1] 0 Acute flaccid myelitis: mother travels to California to fight a polio-like illness BREMERTON, Wash. – A devastating disease infects children across the country. A mother in the state of Washington …
Read More »There are now 5 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis
[ad_1] The Washington State Department of Health says there are five confirmed cases of acute myelitis flaccid, a rare condition that often causes sudden onset weakness. The Department of Health was only …
Read More »What is acute flaccid myelitis? A rare disease resembling polio reported in 24 states
[ad_1] The Texas State Department Health Services announced Tuesday that three people, two from Travis County and one from Hays County, had developed an acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). So far this year, …
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