PARALYTIC POLIOMYELITIS SEQUELAE – CASE REPORT

Poliomyelitis is an acute infection caused by a poliovirus. Polio virus reaches, in a small percentage of cases to the central nervous system, causing the appearance of viral meningitis which progress to complete healing, or it can reach to the motor neurons from the anterior spinal horn, evolving to acute paralyzing poliomyelitis. Some patients affected by this virus can develop a post-polio syndrome (PPS), which manifests most frequently-through intense fatigue, recent muscular deficiency myalgia, arthralgia. Halstead introduced the term “post-polio syndrome” in 1986. In the literature, are often used terms, in addition to post-polio syndrome “late effects of polio” and “postpolio muscular atrophy”. Although is not a frequently encountered condition, it is present in the rehabilitation departments. We present the case of a 75 years old patient, with poliomyelitis sequelae and recovery treatment applied.