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						Data Visualization: Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)Data Visualization: Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
						Updated July 9, 2019
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										Data Visualization – Clinicians: Timing is Key for AFM
Clinicians: Timing is Key for AFM. Recognize AFM early: Be alert for onset of acute flaccid limb weakness and consider AFM on your differential diagnosis. Collect specimens & then get MRI: Collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, stool, and nasopharyngeal (NP) swab as soon as possible, and handle and store specimens properly. Rapidly report to health department: If the MRI shows a spinal lesion with some gray matter involvement, alert the health department and send specimens and medical records.Diagnosis & medical management: Refer to specialists, monitor for signs of worsening symptoms, hospitalize if indicated, and begin treatment and rehabilitation.View LargerCloseClinicians: Timing is Key for AFM. Recognize AFM early: Be alert for onset of acute flaccid limb weakness and consider AFM on your differential diagnosis. Collect specimens & then get MRI: Collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, stool, and nasopharyngeal (NP) swab as soon as possible, and handle and store specimens properly. Rapidly report to health department: If the MRI shows a spinal lesion with some gray matter involvement, alert the health department and send specimens and medical records.Diagnosis & medical management: Refer to specialists, monitor for signs of worsening symptoms, hospitalize if indicated, and begin treatment and rehabilitation.Download Image[JPG]
Text Description:Clinicians: Timing is Key for AFM
**Recognize AFM early**Be alert for onset of acute flaccid limb weakness and consider AFM on your differential diagnosis
**Collect specimens & then get MRI**Collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, stool, and nasopharyngeal (NP) swab as soon as possible, and handle and store specimens properly
**Rapidly report to health department**If the MRI shows a spinal lesion with some gray matter involvement, alert the health department and send specimens and medical records
**Diagnosis & medical management**Refer to specialists, monitor for signs of worsening symptoms, hospitalize if indicated, and begin treatment and rehabilitationData Visualization – Putting Together the Pieces of AFM
Putting Together the Pieces of AFM. WHO: 570 AFM cases, mostly children, since 2014. WHEN: AFM outbreaks have occurred every two years starting in 2014, in late summer and early fall. WHERE: 48 states and D.C. have had AFM cases since 2014. WHAT: CDC believes viruses, including enteroviruses, play a role in AFM.SOURCE: CDC Vital Signs, July 2019View LargerClosePutting Together the Pieces of AFM. WHO: 570 AFM cases, mostly children, since 2014. WHEN: AFM outbreaks have occurred every two years starting in 2014, in late summer and early fall. WHERE: 48 states and D.C. have had AFM cases since 2014. WHAT: CDC believes viruses, including enteroviruses, play a role in AFM.SOURCE: CDC Vital Signs, July 2019Download Image[JPG]
SOURCE: CDC Vital Signs, July 2019Text Description:Putting Together the Pieces of AFM
**WHO**570 AFM cases, mostly children, since 2014
**WHEN**AFM outbreaks have occurred every two years starting in 2014, in late summer and early fall
**WHERE**48 states and D.C. have had AFM cases since 2014
**WHAT**CDC believes viruses, including enteroviruses, play a role in AFM
SOURCE: CDC Vital Signs, July 2019**For More Information**
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							Last Updated July 9, 2019														Source: 	Office of the Associate Director for Communication
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