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About 95% of patients with an healthy [[immune system]] are asymptomatic and have a normal physical examination.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = Poliomyelitis | url = http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html }}</ref> | About 95% of patients with an healthy [[immune system]] are asymptomatic and have a normal physical examination.<ref name=CDC>{{cite web | title = Poliomyelitis | url = http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html }}</ref> | ||
4 to 8% of poliovirus infection may lead abortive poliomyelitis, a mild symptomatic disease with little findings on physical exam. 2 to 3 days of [[fever]] may be the only finding.<ref>{{cite book | last = Mandell | first = Gerald | title = Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases | publisher = Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2010 | isbn = 0443068399 }}</ref> | |||
Poliovirus infection may cause non-paralytic (1-2%) or paralytic (<1%) forms of the disease. Physical finding in these forms may include: | |||
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===Paralytic Poliomyelitis=== | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Physical Examination
About 95% of patients with an healthy immune system are asymptomatic and have a normal physical examination.[1]
4 to 8% of poliovirus infection may lead abortive poliomyelitis, a mild symptomatic disease with little findings on physical exam. 2 to 3 days of fever may be the only finding.[2]
Poliovirus infection may cause non-paralytic (1-2%) or paralytic (<1%) forms of the disease. Physical finding in these forms may include:
Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis
Paralytic Poliomyelitis
References
- ↑ "Poliomyelitis".
- ↑ Mandell, Gerald (2010). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. ISBN 0443068399.