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What is the history of Post Polio Syndrome?
History of Post Polio Syndrome: when and how it was discovered, and the milestones in research since, medically reviewed.
I do not think PPS was detected until fairly recently.
Posted Jul 20, 2019 by Terry 3000
Post‑polio syndrome was first recognized in the late 1970s–1980s when large numbers of polio survivors began developing new muscle weakness, fatigue, and pain decades after their original infection. Research since then shows that PPS results from long‑term overwork and the gradual deterioration of motor neurons that survived the original poliovirus attack.
Posted Jun 14, 2026 by sreames 2500
