Simon Humphrey spent nine days in a Colorado hospital room fighting for his life.
Humphrey, 13, is one of hundreds of children across the country stricken by Enterovirus 68.
He later had problems moving his limbs.
"I couldn't move my legs," he told ABC News. "The muscles in my arms could barely lift the weight of my hands."
Humphrey is showing signs of improvement after the temporary paralysis. But his struggle reflects an emerging concern; young patients with respiratory infections later having trouble moving their arms and legs.
Investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are searching for links between Enterovirus D-68 and paralysis. Nine patients at Children’s Hospital Colorado – all age 18 or younger – have experienced some level of paralysis. Four of the patients tested positive for Enterovirus D-68 but, so far, doctors have not confirmed a link between the respiratory infections and paralysis. Experts say it could take a week before conclusive test results emerge.
Six of the eight children tested were found to be positive for a rhinovirus or enterovirus, and four of those cases were found to be the Enterovirus 68. The other two cases were still pending.
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2 comments:
60,000 plus illegals from who knows where have entered the country and the government wants us to believe there is no connection.
Anybody believe the countries in South America immunize all their kids?
I think these are designer drugs being sprayed into the community and only young people are coming down with the symptoms because the terrorist are targeting them. But then again I was the one who said EBola was out of control and all the jerks said I had a wild imagination. Like it or not people.... we are dealing with sadistic people who would want to kill our children.
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