#PPS was 1st introduced by Halstead in 1986, where he described the symptoms (muscle weakness, pain, & fatigue) experienced by #polio survivors who had stabled functional life before being diagnosed for PPS. The 1st description of PPS was in 1875 in French medical literature by Raymond & Charcot. In 1991, Halstead reviewed his criteria for the diagnosis of PPS & these include new muscle weakness as a required criterion for diagnosis, w/other symptoms such as cold intolerance, pain & fatigue.
Please understand that it takes A LOT of personal work, from us #polio survivors who now live with PPS. #PPS is a long recognized #illness. Yet, many of us who suffer from it, find it difficult to get knowledgeable medical help to manage it well.
If you have #LongCovid, I have bad news for you. You're gonna have to adapt/manage best you can because govt & #medical ppl won't help you much. Both of those entities knew about PPS for decades, yet ppl like me still have to fight to get help.
Mom was 26 yrs old & I was 8 yrs old. In front of BC legislature. Wearing my fave red ruffle neck sweater vest, wide leg jeans; Mom let me wear her red lipstick that day. I'm unhappy about my mismatched Frankenstein orthotic boot - ppl used to stare at/make fun of them/me. It took years for me to be able to wear regular, matching boots.
I was paralyzed by polio as a toddler & live with post-polio aka #PPS, now.
[#Children are still suffering from #polio today, but the #disease is much rarer than it once was. In this short article, I want to show how far the world has come in our battle against polio, and I want to show that we today have the opportunity to #EndPolio once and for all. This — the #GlobalEradication of polio — would surely rank among #humanity’s greatest achievements. ]
Several older members of my family have had life-time disabilities due to polio. I am passionate about vaccination as a result. Read this account of a wonderful man who lived over 70 years lying in an iron lung due to catching polio when he was six years old: #polio
Die Geschichte der #Polio#Impfung ist ein Beweis für den Segen der Wissenschaft und von Impfungen an sich. Millionen Leben wurden gerettet und großes Leid verhindert.
Um so wichtiger ist die Verteidigung dieser Errungenschaften gegen eine handvoll Verschwörungstheoretiker und Wissenschaftsleugner, die für ihre niederen Zwecke die moderne Medizin in Verruf bringen wollen. #Homöopathie und #Esoterik haben absolut gar nichts mit Medizin und Wissenschaft zu tun und bewirken nichts über den #Placeboeffekt hinaus!
Gearing up to the 16th birthday of the Flickr Commons in less than two weeks. With millions of photos in the Commons and more coming in (nearly) every day it's hard to pick favorites.
Here's one from this week, from the State Library of New South Wales showing Shirley Winter using her toes to thread a needle in 1954, after losing the use of her hands due to polio 30 years earlier.
When I visit my physician, not a mask in sight, other than the one I am wearing. Vaccination rate in my county is extremely low—less than 20% Non-vaccination rate correlates with Trump voter rate, which was about 85%. Quite a few of these are former students (or their parents or siblings). I TAUGHT SCIENCE!! I feel like a failure.
@Yorgus@thepoliticalcat I am a #PolioSurvivor who got #polio via live vaccine & I still support #vaccines. I don't think my rare case, very low percentage of ppl like me - reason to be against vaccines. They saves billions of lives. No vaccine is 100% protection but it increases chances of survival & it has helped many from getting illnesses that are preventable. I don't take my awful experience personally. I see the bigger picture. It's bigger than just ME.
@JenLucPiquant This is scary stuff. The anti-vax disinformation campaigns will kill people and reduce life expectancy, probably more than even #COVID . Approved vaccines work to prevent serious diseases and are safe. Do people want to see children with #polio in iron lungs again?
Another environmental (sewage) sample from Karachi has been found positive for polio which raised the current year’s tally for Pakistan to 55, according to sources in the National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH)....
Napa Sunrise Rotary is hosting a social gathering on World Polio Day at Napa Yard Oxbow Gardens
All are welcome to join us and contribute to #polio eradication efforts simply by enjoying a beverage. $3 from each purchase is #donated to Polio Plus.
Poliovirus detected in another sample from Karachi, Pakistan (www.dawn.com)
Another environmental (sewage) sample from Karachi has been found positive for polio which raised the current year’s tally for Pakistan to 55, according to sources in the National Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH)....