We should start looking out for this. Looks like this is coming after AFP (Acute Flaccid Paralysis) epidemic is over. Confirmed cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the United States have increased in 2016 compared with 2015, and the cause remains unclear, federal health officials say. AFM is a rare polio-like syndrome that affects the nervous system, specifically the spinal cord.
It can result from a variety of causes, including viral infections. AFM is characterized by rapid onset of weakness in 1 or more limbs and distinct abnormalities of the spinal cord gray matter on MRI. From January 1 to August 31, 2016, 50 people in 24 states across the country were confirmed to have AFM, up from 21 people in 16 states in 2015, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say. The CDC started actively investigating AFM in August 2014, when it noticed an increase in…
