CDC urges parents to look for symptoms of rare ‘polio-like’ illness in children - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

Frank McGeorge, MD, Local 4's Good Health Medical Expert.

Frank McGeorge, MD, Local 4's Good Health Medical Expert.

There are also two other suspected cases of AFM in Michigan -- here’s what parents need to know:.

Cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been tracked in the United States since 2014 -- that year there were 120 cases in 34 states, including four in Michigan.

The nationwide cases dropped to 38 in 2017 just before 2018 had the highest number of cases so far with 238 cases in 42 sates, including five cases in Michigan.

Last year, the anticipated drop in cases every other year occurred with 48 cases nationwide.

So far there have already been 16 cases nationally in 10 states.