Post-poliomyelitis Syndrome

Overview

Journal Int Med Case Rep J

Publisher Dove Medical Press

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 Sep 10

PMID 31496835

Citations 2

Authors

Eric Chun Pu Chu

Kary Ka Wai Lam

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Abstract

Most developed countries eliminated paralytic poliomyelitis (polio) in the 1970s to 1980s. It was believed that after recovery from acute paralytic poliomyelitis, the physical condition of survivors would remain stable for the rest of their lives. However, the elimination of polio does not equate the end of medical management of polio. Hundreds of thousands of polio survivors worldwide are still at risk of developing the late effects of the disease. Here, we report a case of post-polio syndrome who attended our clinic for the presence of new weakness and neuromuscular problems six decades after recovery from paralytic polio. It is essential that health professionals be aware of these conditions and have an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of the symptoms.

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