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infantile paralysis: see poliomyelitis poliomyelitis (pō'lēōmī'əlī`tĭs), polio, or infantile paralysis, ..... Click the link for more information. . poliomyelitisor polio or infantile paralysisAcute infectious viral disease that can cause flaccid paralysis of muscles. Severe epidemics killed or paralyzed many people, mostly children and young adults, until the 1960s, when Jonas Salk's injectable killed vaccine and Albert B. Sabin's oral attenuated live vaccine controlled polio in the developed world. Flulike symptoms with diarrhea may progress to back and limb pain, muscle tenderness, and stiff neck. Destruction of spinal cord motor cells causes paralysis, ranging from transient weakness to complete, permanent paralysis, in fewer than 20% of patients. Patients may lose the ability to use their limbs, to breathe, or to swallow and speak. They may need physical medicine and rehabilitation, mechanical breathing assistance, or tracheal suction to remove secretions. A “postpolio syndrome” occurs decades later in some cases, with weakness of muscles that had recovered. infantile paralysis [′in·fən‚tīl pə′ral·ə·səs] (medicine) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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International Committee for the Study of Infantile Paralysis. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis collected money and allocated it to groups whose work promised to control its reach. The fight was spearheaded by organizations such as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, created by President Franklin Roosevelt, himself a polio victim. |
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