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AFM
Topic Started: Nov 2 2016, 02:57 AM (118 Views)
George K
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis
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A six-year-old boy has died after contracting a mysterious paralyzing polio-like disease that is sweeping the US.

Daniel Ramirez was admitted to Seattle Children's Hospital on October 15, with slurred speech, drooling, incontinence, and pain in his leg.

At first his parents Marijo de Guzman and Jose Ramirez, of Bellingham, Washington, thought he had a stomach ache but tests revealed he was one of hundreds of children to have recently contracted a rare virus called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), which attacks the brain and the spinal cord.

The disease was first identified in 2014 when more than 100 children were hospitalized. Scores of them are yet to make a full recovery.

So far, the medical community remains largely ignorant about what causes the disease and how to treat it.
The CDC has issued a report warning there has been a surge in the number of children struck down by AFM this year and experts fear this outbreak could be worse than previous ones.

Daniel suffered two strokes between October 21 and October 27.

The disease was too advanced for doctors to control and he was pronounced brain dead at 1.33pm on Sunday. Daniel was kept on a ventilator until Monday.

He was one of eight children admitted to Seattle Children's Hospital with AFM, according to The Kansas City Star.
Five have been released, two remain in hospital.
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