Prognosis of Polio

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Polio: 0 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

Complications:

Complications of Polio may include:

• Meningitis - the infection that may result in paralysis.
• Paralytic poliomyelitis - the name for polio when it progresses to cause paralysis.
• Respiratory paralysis
• Permanent muscle weakness (see Muscle weakness)
• Permanent paralysis
• more complications...»

Complications of Polio from the Diseases Database include:

• Respiratory failure type 2
• Myelitis
• Fasciculation
• 10th cranial nerve disorder
• Bulbar palsy
• more complications...»

See also complications of Polio.

Polio: Research More

• Polio: Introduction
• Deaths: Polio
• Symptoms: Polio
• Complications: Polio
• Treatments: Polio

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Polio usually refers to the likely outcome of Polio. The prognosis of Polio may include the duration of Polio, chances of complications of Polio, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Polio, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Polio. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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