Patient: The child was born at full term and the newborn screening was normal. At about ten months of age, the child had a cold and fever, and two to three months later, he was unable to stand on his left foot, and then the same thing happened to his right foot, which slowly developed into generalized weakness. However, the limbs were able to swing slightly and maintain a sitting position. However, the child’s intelligence was the same as that of children of the same age and was not affected intellectually. (The sick child is a boy is now 6 years old, after giving birth to a second child girl everything is normal) Once went to the Shanghai Children’s Hospital was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, used traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine acupuncture and other treatments, but did not see the effect. After your hospital internal medicine diagnosed as gray myelitis, treatment for a period of time, but also did not see the effect. I did not receive any rehabilitation treatment. (There are two diagnosis results) According to the above description of the situation may I ask this symptom is what disease? Tian Zuoyun, Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China: The information you have provided is not complete, but according to the information you have provided, I can provide some personal insights, and I hope that it will help you. If the child does not have generalized or localized sensory deficits, then according to the characteristics of the disease, it can be considered that the child only has damage to the motor system. To determine the exact type of disease, muscle enzymes, muscle biopsy, electromyography and, if necessary, genetic testing are routinely performed. Based on the results of these tests, a diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy, amyotrophic lateral fascicular sclerosis, or another disease can be made. A treatment plan will be developed based on the cause of the disease, although for some diseases, there are no effective clinical treatment options. Poliomyelitis is an infectious disease, but nowadays, newborns are better vaccinated and are rarely found to have this disease. If the child has received the relevant vaccines, it is less likely to develop the disease!