Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
At least two children who have been diagnosed with a rare but serious condition that weakens muscles and limits mobility are being treated in Chicago, according to Lurie Children’s Hospital. The parents of a Batavia 2-year-old, Julia Payne, went public in hopes of raising awareness for acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, which causes inflammation in the spinal cord area that directly affects a person’s muscles. Now the downtown Chicago hospital says a second child is being treated there, but the family in the second case did not want to be identified. (more)