A boy had a sore throat. This is how he became unable to use his legs
Ethan is a 7 year old boy who has just recovered from some viral symptoms. Here is a puzzling medical case of how his symptoms escalate and cause him to become temporarily paralysed in his lower limbs.
This video was adapted from a medical case report published in the National Library of Medicine . Click here to read the original case:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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