What is Polio

Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. The causative agent, a virus called poliovirus (PV), enters the body orally, infecting the i...

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My mother had polio when she was 3 months old. That was in 1924. She was raised by a mother who would not allow her to consider herself as diaabled or different in any way. She has always be extremely independent.

Mother now has Post Polio Syndrome and I need to try to undestand what that is like. I am hoping someone here can get me to understand what mother is going through because now she is unable to be that independent woman
Posted on 05/13/08, 09:05 am
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