This site is intended for healthcare professionals

account_circleSign in
Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages before signing in

Differential diagnosis

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

differential diagnosis

Other causes of acute flaccid paralysis:

  • due to other infections
    • enteroviruses - includes coxsackievirus A7 and enterovirus 71
    • tickborne encephalitis
    • flaviviruses - includes Japanese encephalitis and, more recently, West Nile virus
    • diphtheria
    • botulism

  • Guillain-Barre syndrome

  • acute inflammatory polyneuropathy

  • acute transverse myelitis

  • acute spinal cord compression

  • myasthenia gravis

  • spinal cord trauma and infarction

  • lead and other heavy metal poisoning (1)

 

Reference:

Create an account to add page annotations

Create a free account

Add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation, such as a web address or phone number. This information will always be displayed when you visit this page