Scientists discover signs a virus may trigger polio-like illness
Acute flaccid myelitis has left nearly 600 in the US - mostly children - with life-threatening paralysis. At last University of California, San Francisco, scientists found signs it's caused by enteroviruses. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes a Mysterious Paralysis in Children? Researchers Find Viral Clues
In one study, nearly 70 percent of children with the disease had antibodies to common enteroviruses that usually produce mild effects but can sometimes cause neurological problems. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Enterovirus 68 Paralysis Research Children and Childhood Antibodies Nature Medicine (Journal) Bove, Riley your-feed-science Source Type: news
Scientists Spot Signs of Virus Behind Disease Paralyzing Kids
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2019 -- A new antibody test appears to have honed in on the most likely cause of a mysterious polio-like disease that regularly sweeps through the United States.
The new test detected antibodies for two types of enteroviruses in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
The Toll Mounts From a Mystery Disease Some Call “The New Polio”
Carter Roberts’ motorized wheelchair didn’t arrive until the day he died.
It had been a long time coming and his parents had fought hard to get it. The chair cost more than $32,000 and the insurance companies wouldn’t cover it, so the family went to court. One insurer eventually agreed to pay for some components of the chair but not the whole thing. And then none of it mattered anyway. On Sept. 22, 2018, the Roberts’ doorbell rang and the chair was delivered. Also on Sept. 22, 2018, Carter died, just three months shy of his sixth birthday. He had been largely paralyzed for the final two years of his...
Source: TIME: Health - October 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Infectious Disease viruses Source Type: news
Association of Enterovirus D68 With Acute Flaccid Myelitis Association of Enterovirus D68 With Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Findings from a new report further supports the link between enterovirus D68 and AFM among children.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Disrupting host protein blocks enterovirus infections in mice
Researchers found a host protein that enteroviruses, which cause many cases of the common cold as well as more serious diseases, need to replicate. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - September 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Enterovirus infection linked to acute flaccid myelitis
Evidence of infection with an enterovirus was found in about 80% of people with the rare but serious condition called acute flaccid myelitis. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - August 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Evidence Strengthens Link Between Enterovirus and Acute Flaccid Myelitis New Evidence Strengthens Link Between Enterovirus and Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Patients with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) commonly have antibodies to enterovirus (EV) peptides in their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), further supporting a link between EV and AFM, researchers report.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Enterovirus antibodies detected in acute flaccid myelitis patients
NIH-funded study adds to knowledge about rare condition. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - August 13, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Increase in Enterovirus D68 Infections in Young Children Increase in Enterovirus D68 Infections in Young Children
What accounts for the increased number of reports of EV-D68 infections among infants and young children in the UK?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Vital Signs: Surveillance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis --- United States, 2018
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) was initially defined as a distinct entity in 2014 following reports of the occurrence of acute limb weakness in previously healthy children across the United States during an outbreak of severe respiratory disease caused by enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68). (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 11, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Public Health Vital Signs Source Type: news
C.D.C. Investigates Rare Paralysis in Children
Cases of acute flaccid myelitis afflicted more than 200 children last year, but much about the illness is still a mystery. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Paralysis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Enterovirus 68 Children and Childhood your-feed-science Source Type: news
C.D.C. Investigates Rare Type of Paralysis in Children
Cases of acute flaccid myelitis afflicted more than 200 children last year, but much about the illness is still a mystery. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: your-feed-science acute flaccid myelitis Paralysis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Enterovirus 68 Source Type: news
Enterovirus Might be Behind Kids' Paralysis: Preprint
Researchers identify a possible driver of acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like disease diagnosed in more than 500 children over the last few years. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - June 17, 2019 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
What Causes Facial Nerve Palsy?
Discussion
Facial nerve palsy has been known for centuries, but in 1821 unilateral facial nerve paralysis was described by Sir Charles Bell. Bell’s palsy (BP) is a unilateral, acute facial paralysis that is clinically diagnosed after other etiologies have been excluded by appropriate history, physical examination and/or laboratory testing or imaging. Symptoms include abnormal movement of facial nerve. It can be associated with changes in facial sensation, hearing, taste or excessive tearing. The right and left sides are equally affected but bilateral BP is rare (0.3%). Paralysis can be complete or incomplete at prese...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 3, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
