post-polio syndrome ICD9-138 Dr. Richard L. Bruno Chairperson International Post-Polio Task Force and Director The Post-Polio Institute and International Centre for Post-Polio Education and Research and Fatigue Management Programs Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Englewood, New Jersey U.S.A. 07631 Phone: (201) 894-3724 Toll Free: 1-877-POST-POLIO Fax: (201) 541-6491 POSTPOLIOINFO@AOL.COM Click on "Post-Polio Letter" at http://www.postpolioinfo.com for The Post-Polio Letter, the PPS Library and all of our papers describing our research and treatment of PPS and CFS/ME and http://newmobility.com/polio.cfm for New Mobility's Post-Polio Forum for more PPS information.
Post-polio syndrome occurs some decades after the original infection with polio.
Post-polio syndrome is a slowly progressing weakness that affects polio survivors decades after their initial bout with the disease.
Healthline - 2006 Post-Polio Syndrome was released on: USA: 14 August 2007
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Brown-Séquard syndrome and post-polio syndrome are distinct neurological conditions. Brown-Séquard syndrome results from hemisection of the spinal cord, leading to motor and sensory deficits on one side of the body. Post-polio syndrome, on the other hand, occurs in individuals who have had polio and involves new muscle weakness and fatigue years after recovery from the initial infection. There is no direct causal relationship between the two conditions.
Yes, post-polio syndrome occurs in individuals who have had polio typically 15-40 years after the initial infection. It is characterized by new muscle weakness or pain and can affect older patients who had polio earlier in life.
Other post-procedural status
No. It is a set of neurologic symptoms which exist long after polio, itself, is experienced by the sufferer.
No. It is a set of neurologic symptoms which exist long after polio, itself, is experienced by the sufferer.
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The whipple procedure is a surgery for the treatment of pancreatic cancers. The icd 9 code for status post whipple is 52.7.