article: Polio-like illness may be back again this year

[jan251]

Just FYI, this is an article about acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and its association with EV-D68 that caused trouble a couple of years ago.

A mysterious polio-like illness that paralyzes people may be surging this year, Washington Post

Cases of rare polio-like illness up sharply in 2016, UPI

Interestingly, they are talking about possible treatment with IVIg.

Past discussions in this forum:

Feeling bad for those parents in California.

paralysis: entero-virus, lyme, other, both, all?

Edited September 22, 2016 by jan251

[dasu]

I found the treatment option of IVIG fascinating. Its an autoimmune condition?

 

I cannot find the link now but there was talk about this effecting only vaccinated kids?

[Rachel]

Interesting article. I wondered if those kids ever got treated and what the treatment was. However, it sounds like some of the kids have not made a full recovery and that's sad for them and their parents.