Post-polio syndrome

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171Health / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Medicine / Biology / Gini Laurie / Post-Polio Health International / Poliomyelitis / Motor neurone disease / Post-polio syndrome

Experience with Younger Patients in a Post-Polio Clinic: A Case Series Judith Glaser, DO and Lauro Halstead, MD National Rehabilitation Hospital Washington, DC Results

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 19:13:18
172Health / Post-Polio Health International / Post-polio syndrome / Gini Laurie / International Ventilator Users Network / Biology / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Duragesic / Medical ventilator / Poliomyelitis / Motor neurone disease / Medicine

Question: I am now 76, had polio when I was 4. Since post-polio syndrome (PPS) hit me, I needed a leg brace and walk with two canes. I can never remember a day without pain, but now it seems to have spread all over my bo

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-08-09 12:19:26
173Motor neurone disease / Poliomyelitis / Post-polio syndrome / Aging / WOMAC / Ageing / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Comorbidity / Muscle atrophy / Medicine / Health / Rehabilitation medicine

Summary Summary The profound increase in the number of elderly people in the Netherlands in the future, will result in an increase in number of patients in need for rehabilitation care. With

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 19:13:16
174Motor neurone disease / Hypotension / Poliomyelitis / Syndromes / Post-polio syndrome / Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome / Orthostatic hypotension / Radiculopathy / Water retention / Health / Anatomy / Medicine

Question: I had polio in[removed]With treatment and exercise I was able to live a “normal” life and taught school for many years. At age 50, I started having new weakness. I am now 79 and my legs have shown greater wea

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 21:29:18
175Nutrition / Body shape / Obesity / Poliomyelitis / Post-polio syndrome / Insulin / Body mass index / Overweight / Diabetes mellitus / Biology / Anatomy / Medicine

Question: My physiatrist says that paraplegics have a lot more diabetes, so I started wondering how post-polio and spinal cord injury compare with regard to the disease.

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 21:29:03
176Medicine / Orthopedic surgery / Poliomyelitis / Post-polio syndrome / Muscular system / Hip replacement / Surgery / Muscle / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Anatomy / Motor neurone disease / Biology

NE T WO R K I NG Send your questions for Dr. Maynard to [removed]. See other questions at www.post-polio.org/edu/askdrmay.html.

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-07-17 11:47:25
177Post-polio syndrome / Health / Biology / Gini Laurie / Poliomyelitis eradication / Poliomyelitis / Medicine / Post-Polio Health International

A Brief History of Post-Polio Syndrome in the United States Lauro Halstead, MD and Judith Glaser, DO National Rehabilitation Hospital Washington, DC Discussion

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 19:13:20
178Speech and language pathology / Oral pathology / Dysphagia / Swallowing / Post-polio syndrome / Drooling / Esophageal cancer / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Oropharyngeal dysphagia / Medicine / Health / Motor neurone disease

Swallowing Difficulty and the Late Effects of Polio Barbara C. Sonies, PhD, CCC, BRS-S, College Park, Maryland, [removed] A

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 21:28:08
179Health / Post-polio syndrome / Post-Polio Health International / National Health Interview Survey / International Ventilator Users Network / Poliomyelitis eradication / Jonas Salk / Poliomyelitis / Statistics / Medicine

Microsoft Word - polio survivors essay redacted.doc

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 21:05:35
180Motor neurone disease / Sleep disorders / International Ventilator Users Network / Intensive care medicine / Rare diseases / Mechanical ventilation / Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Post-polio syndrome / Medicine / Health / Respiratory therapy

Tests for Breathing Problems If You Have a Neuromuscular Condition Prepared by International Ventilator Users Network (IVUN) www.ventusers.org Reviewed by Nicholas S. Hill, MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, M

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Source URL: www.post-polio.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-05 21:32:54
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