Acute paralytic polio

Acute paralytic polio INTRODUCTION: 2nd phase of the illness Spotty paralysis Asymmetric flaccid paralysis One leg most common followed by one arm Absent DTRs In Paralytic poliomyelitis Anterior horn cell & Autonomous nervous system are affected  Paralytic poliomyelitis develops in about 1% patients causing 3 clinically recognizable syndromes which are Spinal paralytic poliomyelitis Bulbar poliomyelitis Polioencephalitis RISK FACTORS: The risk […]