Acute Flaccid Paralysis

Aka: Acute Flaccid Paralysis, Flaccid Paralysis

II. Causes: Infections

  1. Polio-Like Syndromes
    1. Polio (Poliovirus, Poliomyelitis)
    2. Acute Flaccid Myelitis (enterovirus)
    3. Adenovirus
    4. West Nile Virus
  2. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or ALS-Like conditions
    1. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1)
    2. Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-1)
    3. Enteroviruses

III. Differential Diagnosis

  1. See Transverse Myelitis
  2. See Floppy Infant
  3. Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  4. Botulism

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Related Studies

Ontology: Flaccid paralysis (C0085620)

Concepts Sign or Symptom (T184)
SnomedCT 39157001
English PARALYSIS FLACCID, Paralysis flaccid, flaccid paralysis, Flaccid paralysis, Flaccid paralysis (finding), Flaccid paralysis, NOS
Italian Paralisi flaccida
Dutch slappe paralyse, paralyse slap
Japanese 弛緩性麻痺, ｼｶﾝｾｲﾏﾋ, ﾁｶﾝｾｲﾏﾋ
German LAEHMUNG SCHLAFF, schlaffe Laehmung
Portuguese PARALISIA FLACIDA, Paralisia flácida
Spanish PARALISIS FLACIDA, parálisis flácida (hallazgo), parálisis fláccida, parálisis flácida, parálisis fláccida (hallazgo), Parálisis flácida
French PARALYSIE FLASQUE, Paralysie flasque
Czech Obrna chabá, Chabá obrna
Hungarian Petyhüdt bénulás
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Ontology: Acute flaccid paralysis (C3697716)

Concepts Sign or Symptom (T184)
SnomedCT 698293005
English Acute flaccid paralysis (finding), Acute flaccid paralysis
Spanish parálisis flácida aguda (hallazgo), parálisis flácida aguda
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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