Polio - Like illnesses called a 'rare phenomenon'

POLIO LIKE ILLNESS AFFECTING CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING THIS 4 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM BERKELEY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WEAKNESS AND PARALYSIS. >> : THE ACTORS JUST WRAPPED UP A NEWS CONFERENCE. >> : DOCTORS SAY THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. IT'S EXTREMELY RARE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING. THEY WANT TO START TRACKING THIS. IT WANTS TO FIND OUT IF MORE PEOPLE HAVE IT THEN THEY THINK THEY HOPE WILL STARTING TOWARD A CAUSE AND TREATMENT. >> : NOW DOCTORS IN CALIFORNIA SEEN AS MANY 20 CASES BEFORE ARE RARE POLIO LIKE ELVIS THAT PARALYZES ARMS AND LEGS. >> : MOST CHILDREN HAVE NOT RECOVERED USE ARE OF ARMS OR LEGS. >> : HE HIMSELF HAS SEEN FIVE CASES OF THIS ILLNESS WHICH OFTEN BEGINS WITH A COLD. FOR THIS RECENT INCREASE STEADILY SEEN ONE CASE IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. AS FOR THE CAUSE DOCTORS SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW. >> : THERE ARE OTHER VIRUSES THAT CAN DO THIS WE KNOW IS NOT POLIO VIRUS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ARE PUTTING THEIR TRUST YEARS OF HARD WORK OF WHAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THIS PRE DOCTORS IT IS SOMETHING SIMILAR HAS BEEN SEEN IN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA FOR MANY YEARS. BUT THERE REMAINS NO TREATMENT. DOCTORS WARN PHYSICIANS AND PARENTS THROW CALIFORNIA TO BE AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THE ILLNESS CAN BE SPOTTED EARLY. THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU EVER NOTICE SUDDEN ONSLAUGHT OF WEAKNESS IN YOUR CHILD THE PRESENCE FOR MORE THAN THE METS WE ADVISE YOU TO EGET MEDICAL CARE. >> : AS FAR AS PHYSICIANS THEY SAY IF PHYSICIANS TO STOP THIS THEY SHOULD REPORT IT TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. >> : CONTINUING NUMBER OF CHILDREN HAVE COME DOWN WITH THIS POLIO LIKE A VIRUS ONE OF THEM LIVES AND THE BAT AREA >> : AND BEEN A WORLD OF WIND YEAR FOR A LITTLE SOPHIA HER ARMS LEFT LIFELESS AFTER AT A LIKE SUM COMES TO TO THE HUSTLE. SHE SPENT FOUR DAYS AND THAT MANY UNIT. DOCTORS SAW THAT SHE MAY HAVE HAD PNEUMONIA AT INTRUDED A THAT >> : A SAW HER HAND STOP WORKING THERE MAY OF BEEN A BREEZE FROM THE IVY AT HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF TODAY'S SHOWS AND USING HER LEFT ARM. SENSE OF PARALYSIS KICKED IN. HEARST ARM WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. THE DOCTORS SAY THAT THE ARM WILL BE PERMANENTLY PARALYZED. WE WERE TOLD IMMEDIATELY THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE PUT IN PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY THAT WOULD HELP POSSIBLE RECOVERY KIDS IS THE POINT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. WITH THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST DAILY AT OUR HOME. >> : FAMILY HOPES THAT THERE IF