What is post-polio syndrome?
Polio, a highly contagious disease that ravaged thousands of North Americans in the early 1900s, is rarely spoken of today. However, many survivors of the polio epidemics are now finding that they are ill again, this time with post-polio syndrome (PPS).
After people recovered from polio, it was assumed that they were well and would no longer be affected by the crippling disease. PPS has surprised the medical community by appearing in 25 to 50% of people who had had polio many years before. The cause isn’t known or understood, but the syndrome is real and can …read more