POST-POLIO SYNDROME:
- PPS is a condition that affects polio survivors years after recovery from an initial acute attack of the poliomyelitis virus.
- PPS is mainly characterized by new weakening in muscles that were previously affected by the polio infection and in muscles that seemingly were unaffected.
- Symptoms include slowly progressive muscle weakness, unaccustomed fatigue (both generalized and muscular), and, at times, muscle atrophy.
- Pain from joint degeneration and increasing skeletal deformities such as scoliosis are common.