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Poliomyelitis
Alternate Names : Infantile Paralysis, Polio
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call your health care provider if symptoms of poliomyelitis occur.
Call your health care provider if someone close to you has developed poliomyelitis and you are not immunized against the disorder.
Call your health care provider if your child's polio immunization (vaccine) is not up-to-date.
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• Definition
• Poliomyelitis Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Poliomyelitis Symptoms & Signs
• Poliomyelitis Prevention
• Poliomyelitis Diagnosis & Tests
• Poliomyelitis Treatment
• Poliomyelitis Prognosis
• Poliomyelitis Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
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Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cor Pulmonale
• Encephalitis
• Hypertension
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Meningitis
• Myocarditis
• Nephrolithiasis
• Pulmonary Edema
• Urinary Tract Infection
Tests & Exams
• CSF Collection
Surgery & Procedures
• Tonsillectomy
Other Topics
• Abdominal Bloating
• Babinski's Reflex
• Back Pain - Low
• Breathing Difficulty
• Central Nervous System
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Drooling
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Headache
• Heimlich Maneuver
• Incidence
• Joint Pain
• Leg Pain
• Lymph System
• Malaise
• Muscle Aches
• Muscle Cramps
• Muscle Function Loss
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Neck Pain
• Numbness and Tingling
• Pain Medications
• Polio Immunization (Vaccine)
• Protein in Diet
• Rashes
• Respiratory
• Shock
• Sore Throat
• Stress and Anxiety
• Swallowing Difficulty
• Urination - Difficulty with Flow
• Weakness
Review Date : 2/27/2002
Reviewed By : Camille Kotton, M.D., Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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