Choroba Heinego-Medina

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name

Polio

Medical condition (new).synonyms

Poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, Heine–Medin disease

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Medical condition (new).caption

A man with a wasted right leg due to poliomyelitis

Medical condition (new).field

Neurology, infectious disease

Medical condition (new).symptoms

Fever, sore throat

Medical condition (new).complications

Muscle weakness resulting in paralysis; Post-polio syndrome

Medical condition (new).causes

Poliovirus spread by fecal–oral route

Medical condition (new).risks

Poor hygiene

Medical condition (new).diagnosis

Finding the virus in the feces or antibodies in the blood

Medical condition (new).prevention

Polio vaccine