Rare, polio-like disorder affecting kids in the U.S.A.

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By Lori Alton, staff writer

(NaturalHealth365) A polio-like, paralyzing disease has stricken hundreds of children across the country – leaving parents worried, and medical investigators baffled. Acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, has appeared in 34 states to date, with the latest outbreak – involving six children – taking place in Minnesota.

Since August 2014, when the increasing incidence of AFM became apparent, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that it has confirmed 386 cases nationwide. Although symptoms of AFM can resemble those of polio, all AFM patients have …read more

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