Rare Mystery Illness Hits 3 Georgia Children This Year

Three Georgia children have been reported this year as having a rare, polio-like health condition, state officials said Wednesday.

They are among the 62 children nationally who have been confirmed with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 2018, with at least 65 more cases under investigation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There is no known single cause of AFM, whose symptoms include weakness in the arms or legs, and sometimes paralysis.