Living With Polio

Millions of individuals who had polio are living in all areas of the world. Survivors range in age from a few months to nonagenarians (in their nineties). Aftereffects vary greatly depending on the number and location of the nerve cells destroyed by the poliovirus. The challenge or ease of living with polio varies for each survivor, depending on the availability of medical care and rehabilitation opportunities, and their family and social support.

Advice, hints, explanations, etc., are categorized by topic and are searchable. The source of the material is identified.

Reminder: PHI’s post-polio.org and IVUN’s ventusers.org or ventnews.org features numerous articles to assist in living with polio.

Viviendo con dolor

Viviendo con dolor
Penney Cowan, Fundadora y Directora General de la Asociación Americana de Dolor Crónico.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Technology

Daniel J. Wilson, PhD, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Anesthesia Specifics for PPS

Selma Calmes, MD, (ret) anesthesiologist

1. Post-polio patients are nearly always very sensitive to sedative meds, and emergence can be prolonged. This is probably due to central neuronal changes, especially in the Reticular Activating System, from the original disease.

Financial contributions to groups

∞ LEADERSHIP
Nancy Baldwin Carter, Omaha, Nebraska

Addressing fears

∞ LEADERSHIP
Nancy Baldwin Carter, Omaha, Nebraska

QUESTION: "We have a number of new members as a result of the publicity our group got through the WE'RE STILL HERE! campaign. Several of the people who called expressed their fears, which I think we all have. How can we help members address their fears in a meaningful way?”

Opportunities to Participate in Research

NEW STUDY ON AFM AND POLIO A new study concerning acute flaccid myelitis (AFM... More

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