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Is Post Polio Syndrome contagious?
Is Post Polio Syndrome contagious? Clear, medically reviewed answer on transmission, with sources.
No. It is confined to the person who had polio.
Posted Jul 20, 2019 by Terry 3000
No, it has not been proven to be. It is solely a person who has had PPS. Polio can spread but not PPS
Posted Jun 14, 2026 by sreames 2500
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Or the Syndrome Postpolio (SPP), or other Late Effects of Polio (ETP) are contagious; it is not transmitted from person to person. Only the have who years ago suffered from Polio, a disease that causes flaccid paralysis and that, is worth to say, yes it is highly contagious, but only during the stage of infection, which lasts only weeks. After this period, the infection site and disease, as well as the possibilities of transmitting it to others.
What is left after this disease (Polio) is a damage in the Central Nervous System (CNS) and a paralysis residual, with the passage of time, gives rise to certain deformities in the Skeletal Muscle System (EMS), known as aftermath.
Both the damage left behind in the CNS, as the own deformities in the EMS have side effects, which are manifested years later, for what are known as Late Effects of Polio.
What are known as Syndrome Postpolio are just the side effects of the original damage in the CNS. Other late effects are problems, basically an orthopedic, side to the aftermath.
In a few words, to suffer the SPP or any other ETP, it is required to have had prior Polio, so that it can be stated categorically that NO, they are not contagious.
What is left after this disease (Polio) is a damage in the Central Nervous System (CNS) and a paralysis residual, with the passage of time, gives rise to certain deformities in the Skeletal Muscle System (EMS), known as aftermath.
Both the damage left behind in the CNS, as the own deformities in the EMS have side effects, which are manifested years later, for what are known as Late Effects of Polio.
What are known as Syndrome Postpolio are just the side effects of the original damage in the CNS. Other late effects are problems, basically an orthopedic, side to the aftermath.
In a few words, to suffer the SPP or any other ETP, it is required to have had prior Polio, so that it can be stated categorically that NO, they are not contagious.
Posted Jun 15, 2017 by Sergio Augusto 110
