Routes to recovery from polio

Polio sequelae is a serious disabling disease that results in lifelong physical disability of the child. It affects the life, growth and maturity of the child, causing not only physical deformities but also serious obstacles to the child’s self-care, learning and entry into society, leaving the child physically and mentally devastated in every way. Therefore, the treatment of this disease should be based on the comprehensive obstacles and needs of the children, so that they can receive comprehensive rehabilitation treatment, that is, the children should receive rehabilitation care and treatment not only for physical but also for mental and social life, so that they can live, study and work as healthy people. Comprehensive rehabilitation generally includes medical rehabilitation, educational rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation and social rehabilitation. The main purpose of rehabilitation training is to restore or compensate for the lost motor functions of patients with pediatric anesthesia, and then improve the ability of daily activities of the upper limbs as well as the standing and walking functions of the lower limbs, so as to achieve self-care and return to society as soon as possible. The content of regular training mainly includes muscle strength training, joint range of motion training, orthopedic device production and use. As well as post-surgical limb function recovery training, rehabilitation training is best carried out under the guidance of a doctor. Generally speaking, the following points should be noted: 1. Master the appropriate training scale, quantity and method. Insufficient training will have no significant effect, while excessive training can cause damage to the limb, such as muscle strain, joint swelling, fracture and dislocation. So must master the scale, the amount of training should be appropriate. 2, training should be step by step, not too hasty. The number of activities from less to more, the range of motion of the joint from small to large, the use of force from light to heavy. Training volume gradually increased to receive good results. 3, any training should not cause obvious pain. Sometimes training can produce slight pain, but after stopping the activity, the pain should disappear. If severe pain occurs during training, and does not disappear after rest, often a signal of injury, to stop training. If the pain is severe after training, and even swelling of the lower limbs, indicating that the exercise is too much, should also temporarily stop training. 4, training should not feel fatigue. If you feel fatigued, you should rest for 5 to 10 minutes before training to avoid injury from overexertion. It is generally believed that poliomyelitis leaves sequelae two years after the onset of the disease, the disease no longer progresses, but it is not easy to get better, and the child maintains a relatively stable state of disability, without recurrence of poliomyelitis. However, in recent years, many medical experts have put forward a different view through practice: they point out that some people who have suffered from polio and are now “cured” can have a relapse 30 to 40 years after the onset of the disease, with new symptoms similar to those of polio, known as post-polio syndrome. Patients present with extreme fatigue, gradually increasing limb weakness, muscle and joint pain, as well as limb paralysis and muscle atrophy. This condition reminds us that patients who have had polio and are now stable should go to the hospital immediately if any of these symptoms occur and should not be taken lightly.