Post-polio syndrome
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Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that affects survivors of poliomyelitis, a viral infection of the nervous system, after recovery from an initial paralytic attack of the virus. Typically the symptoms appear 20-40 years after the original infection, at an age of 35 to 60. Symptoms include new or increased muscular weakness, pain in the muscle, and fatigue.
The precise mechanism that causes post-polio syndrome is unknown. It shares many features in common with myalgic encephalomyelitis,...
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