Polio rarely causes paralysis in infants ... the virus penetrates the central nervous system and attacks the neurons of the spinal cord and lower brain. Muscle weakness and varying degrees ...

An increase in reported cases of a rare polio-like illness that mostly affects ... patient's nervous system and look at images of the spinal cord and brain. They can also test the fluid around ...

Infantile paralysis, also called poliomyelitis, is caused by a virus which destroys muscle-controlling nerves, mostly in the spinal cord. Eighty percent of cases occur in children under ten years ...

Polio usually affects children under five years old but anyone who has not been vaccinated is at risk of being infected.

Medically reviewed by Mallory Christopherson DC, FMT, CSCS Spinal meningitis is a potentially life-threatening condition. It ...

Collierville Rotary Club recently participated in the Purple Pinkie Donuts fundraiser to help fight polio and get more ...