Polio-Like Illness Paralyzes about 20 Kids in California - Enterovirus 68 suspected

[Shiloh]

Re: Polio-Like Illness Paralyzes about 20 Kids in California - Enterovirus 68 suspected

Source: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/...-like-illness/


Moorpark Boy Latest To Be Diagnosed With Mysterious Polio-Like Illness
March 20, 2014 10:25 PM

MOORPARK (CBSLA.com) ? A 2-year-old Moorpark boy is the latest to be diagnosed with a mysterious polio-like illness.

When Lucian Olivera was 11 months, he had an ear infection. Then, he couldn?t stand or use his legs...

...Doctors said Olivera?s case is the first in Southern California...

[Emily]

Re: Polio-Like Illness Paralyzes about 20 Kids in California - Enterovirus 68 suspected

This is an audio interview. Dr. Van Haren puts risk in perspective by saying that playground injuries and severe influenza complications are less rare than the current risk from this illness. (Statistically speaking - he was not making light of the paralysis.)

http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201403240930

Doctors Search for Clues Behind Mysterious Polio-Like Illness

Mon, Mar 24, 2014 -- 9:30 AM

Guests:

Emmanuelle Waubant, neurologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and Multiple Sclerosis Center
Keith Van Haren, pediatric neurologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

[Tonka]

http://www.keyt.com/news/santa-barba...lness/30465050

Santa Barbara Teen Diagnosed With Polio-Like Illness

Paralysis-Causing Disease Not Contagious But Cause Unknown


SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a Santa Barbara teenager has been diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, a paralyzing illness similar to polio, that targets the spinal chord.

The neurologic disorder has impacted 102 children in 34 states between August and December of this year; The local case is the 101st....more from the source

Also, a personal page by the family in Santa Barbara with more info: http://posthope.org/gracefisher/about

[sharon sanders]

More information added above by Tonka.