Since 1988 there is almost 99% decrease in the polio cases due to the G lobal Polio Eradication P rogram. It was on January 13, 2011, when the last polio case in India was reported. However, the survivors of polio are always at risk of an o ther disease which is called as post-polio syndrome. It is a nonpreventable disorder and found only in the survivors of polio and has no specific treatment. This article gives an overview of the disease.
Post-polio syndrome is observed in the polio survivors years after recovery from the initial acute symptoms of the poliomyelitis virus. A gradual weakening of muscles which were previously infected by the polio virus is a c. It is a neurological disorder characterized by new and progressive muscular weakness, pain and fatigue years after the acute paralytic polio. The condition is more common in women and observed around 30 to 40 years after the…
