Polio Returns to Haunt GPs

Polio Returns to Haunt GPs

Up to two thirds of people who suffered paralytic polio as children are likely to develop new symptoms
similar to motor neurone disease.
They present with muscle weakness, myalgia and respiratory problems roughly 30 years after paralytic
polio. GP's will be the patients first port of call, specialists warn.

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