The Children and Grandchildren of Polio Survivors can suffer problems e.g. fatigue and muscle weakness, similar to Post Polio Syndrome. If you have ruled out other medical conditions that could be the cause, consider the following 3 possibilities:
1. If the Child was alive at the time the Mother caught Polio, the Child may have had an undiagnosed case of Polio.
2. If the Mother was pregnant at the time she caught Polio, the Child may have caught Polio (YES it is possible!)
3. If the Child was born after the Mother or Father caught Polio and in the case of Grandchildren, nutritional deficiencies that later cause Post Polio Syndrome in the Polio Sufferer may be passed on at the time of conception to the Child or Grandchild.
Please use this forum to contribute your story or ask questions. To begin we have copied some interesting emails we have been sent.
This group was started by the Post Polio Network of Western Australia in response to items on our website www.upnaway.com/~poliowa - please feel free to use any information you find there or to contact us directly at poliowa@upnaway.com.
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Hi, can't say if PPS is the reason, but I have exact same symptoms with both parents being polio survivors. Due to severity, I have researched a lot and
I've joined this group because my wife's father is a polio survivorand my wife has been sufferering from muscle, cartilage and most recently tendon problems.
We have just received our copy of the British Polio Fellowship Sept 08 The Bulletin and see on page 9 you have a query about muscle and tendon twitching from
dear tessa, I read you article that you sent to the boca raton newsletter. it was a godsend. my doctor and I have been arguing for months over a right muscle