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Acute Flaccid Myelitis

What is acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)?

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a neurologic disease. It is rare, but serious. It affects an area of the spinal cord called gray matter. This can cause the muscles and reflexes in the body to become weak.

Because of these symptoms, some people call AFM a "polio-like" illness. But it is different from polio. AFM is not caused by polioviruses.

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  1. Acute Flaccid Myelitis (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)? Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a neurologic disease. It is rare, but serious. It affects an area of the spinal cord called gray matter. This ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/acuteflaccidmyelitis.html - Health Topics
  2. Acute flaccid myelitis 
    Acute flaccid myelitis is a rare condition that affects the nervous system. Inflammation of the gray matter in the spinal cord leads to muscle weakness and paralysis. Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is usually caused by infection with a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007743.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. About Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Acute Flaccid Myelitis, AFM, nervous system, spinal cord, gray matter, muscle weakness, paralysis, Enterovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus Infection (EBV), ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/about-afm.html - External Health Links
  4. Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Acute Flaccid Myelitis/Learn More
    https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/index.html - External Health Links
  5. CDC Vital Signs: Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is an uncommon, but life-threatening neurologic condition that affects mostly children and can lead ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/afm2020/index.html - External Health Links
  6. Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)  
    Acute Flaccid Myelitis/Learn More
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/acute-flaccid-myelitis.html - External Health Links
  7. New MedlinePlus topic: Acute flaccid myelitis | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    Acute flaccid myelitis is a rare but serious neurological condition with polio-like symptoms. ... Acute Flaccid Myelitis New MedlinePlus topic: Acute flaccid ... what exactly is this strange disease that affects children? Using MedlinePlus' new health topic ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...lus-topic-acute-flaccid-myelitis - MedlinePlus Magazine
  8. Articles about Acute Flaccid Myelitis | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    Acute Flaccid Myelitis Featured Articles : Acute Flaccid Myelitis January 14, 2019 New MedlinePlus topic: Acute flaccid myelitis Acute flaccid myelitis has made headlines recently, but what exactly is this ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/topic/acute-flaccid-myelitis - MedlinePlus Magazine
  9. Causes of Paralysis (Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center)  
    Common causes of paralysis include acute flaccid myelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and more. Learn more today.
    https://www.christopherreeve.org/.../health/causes-of-paralysis - External Health Links
  10. Enterovirus D68 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Viral Infections/Specifics ... Viral Infections ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is one of many non-polio enteroviruses.
    https://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/about/ev-d68.html - External Health Links
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