Is HHV-6 causing the quadriparesis in victims of acute flaccid myelitis?

. 2004 Sep; 10(9): 1700–1701. 

Human Herpesvirus 6 Encephalomyelitis

The patient was an immunocompetent young woman whose symptoms were fever, urinary retention, blurred vision, quadriparesis, bilateral papillitis, and optic neuritis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320276/

Key Clinical Features of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Identified
They note that AFM may involve asymmetric areas and mainly proximal muscles. At presentation, patients’ signs can range from barely discernible weakness in one limb to quadriparesis that necessitates respiratory support and a feeding tube.


 https://health.10ztalk.com/2018/11/30/key-clinical-features-of-acute-flaccid-myelitis-identified/ 

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