post-polio syndrome ICD9-138 Dr. Richard L. Bruno Chairperson International Post-Polio Task Force and Director The Post-Polio Institute and International Centre for Post-Polio Education and Research and Fatigue Management Programs Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Englewood, New Jersey U.S.A. 07631 Phone: (201) 894-3724 Toll Free: 1-877-POST-POLIO Fax: (201) 541-6491 POSTPOLIOINFO@AOL.COM Click on "Post-Polio Letter" at http://www.postpolioinfo.com for The Post-Polio Letter, the PPS Library and all of our papers describing our research and treatment of PPS and CFS/ME and http://newmobility.com/polio.cfm for New Mobility's Post-Polio Forum for more PPS information.
Post-polio syndrome occurs some decades after the original infection with polio.
Post-polio syndrome is a slowly progressing weakness that affects polio survivors decades after their initial bout with the disease.
Healthline - 2006 Post-Polio Syndrome was released on: USA: 14 August 2007
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Yes, post-polio syndrome occurs in individuals who have had polio typically 15-40 years after the initial infection. It is characterized by new muscle weakness or pain and can affect older patients who had polio earlier in life.
Other post-procedural status
No. It is a set of neurologic symptoms which exist long after polio, itself, is experienced by the sufferer.
No. It is a set of neurologic symptoms which exist long after polio, itself, is experienced by the sufferer.
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The whipple procedure is a surgery for the treatment of pancreatic cancers. The icd 9 code for status post whipple is 52.7.
There is no evidence that Post Polis Syndrome can cause dementia, but PPS sufferers' can develop dementia which is non-related to PPS, such as Alzheimers' Disease.