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Poliomyelitis: Stages and Management by Raj Verma is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Poliomyelitis is an acute infectious fever caused by an enteric virus that affects the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, causing paralysis of muscles. It is caused by RNA viruses that damage lower motor neurons. The disease has three stages - an acute pre-paralytic stage with neck stiffness and muscle aches, a paralytic stage where paralysis occurs in bulbar or spinal forms, and a recovery stage where paralyzed muscles may regain function or face post-polio residual paralysis with muscle imbalance and

Author

Raj Verma

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EN