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Actually, he was thought to have polio, but in 2003, scientist found that he didn't have polio, but a rare disease called Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome, which acts almost like polio in the way that it tricks the immune system into attacking healthy cells in the nervous system, this is called autoimmune disorder.
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∙ 11y agoFranklin Roosevelt was president for three terms (12 years) and polio didn't seem to prevent him from doing his job.
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Why was Franklin Deleno Roosevelt in a wheelchair?
He had had polio, a crippling and killing disease, when he was young.
Why polio is called crippling disease?
There are more than one type of polio. The one that most people fear the most is the one which causes paralysis. I think that would be the definition of a crippling disease.
What paralyzing disease did President Roosevelt have?
Franklin D. Roosevelt had polio.
What was Roosevelt's Disease?
Roosevelt had polio
Did Franklin D Roosevelt have a tough childhood?
No. He led a privileged life and was not pushed at school. (Things got tougher after his father died while he a freshman in college, he got married and had a crippling case of polio. )
How did polio affect Roosevelt life?
Because of polio, Roosevelt was paralyzed by the waist down, causing him to be unable to walk.
What disease did President Franklin D. Roosevelt become infected with in 1921?
Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio which left him paralyzed from the waist down. He had to have a wheelchair to get around after that.
Did Franklin Roosevelt have pilo?
He had polio.
Did John F. Kennedy have polio?
No- he had a lot of health problems but he escaped polio. Franklin Roosevelt was the president who had polio.
An illness of president Roosevelt?
President Roosevelt had heart desease and polio.
When did roosevelt develop polio?
As a small child
What did roosevelt contract that made him week?
Polio
