postpoliomyelitis syndrome

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postpoliomyelitis syndrome

The polio paradox

uncovering the hidden history of polio to understand and treat "post-polio syndrome" and chronic fatigue
  • Bruno, Richard L
2002
Examines the physical and emotional traumas experienced by middle-aged polio survivors and their struggles with fatigue, leg and arm weakness, muscle, joint, and neck pain, and insomnia, and offers treatment to stop the progression of Post-Polio Sequelae.

Living with polio

the epidemic and its survivors
  • Wilson, Daniel J.
2005
Examines the personal stories of the men and women who suffered from acute polio in the 1940s and 1950s and live with the disease's crippling consequences.
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