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At first, it seemed like 4-year-old Elijah Peacock had caught a cold. But his symptoms morphed into something much more serious.
"I never understood lethargia till I saw it in my son," Elijah's mom, Alex Voland, said. "We went to stand him up, and he collapsed."
The illness left Elijah with lower limb paralysis. Now he's in a wheelchair.
Doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center said Elijah's symptoms match acute flaccid myelitis, though his case has not been confirmed as that condition.
According to the CDC, acute flaccid myelitis is "a rare but serious condition" that affects spinal cord gray matter and causes muscles and reflexes to weaken.
Read more https://www.wcpo.com/news/health/ci...-patient-with-acute-flaccid-myelitis-symptoms
"I never understood lethargia till I saw it in my son," Elijah's mom, Alex Voland, said. "We went to stand him up, and he collapsed."
The illness left Elijah with lower limb paralysis. Now he's in a wheelchair.
Doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center said Elijah's symptoms match acute flaccid myelitis, though his case has not been confirmed as that condition.
According to the CDC, acute flaccid myelitis is "a rare but serious condition" that affects spinal cord gray matter and causes muscles and reflexes to weaken.
Read more https://www.wcpo.com/news/health/ci...-patient-with-acute-flaccid-myelitis-symptoms
