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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Polio And Epilepsy

Premium Questions

Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

the surgery 1 year back for epilepsy. She is OK now, so we are planning to go for polio surgery, Can ...Hello sir, My sister is 24 yrs old now, she got polio for the right leg at the age of 3 months,... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Hema Yadav MD

regular polio vaccination? how many doses of pulse-polio drop is required, in anybody's life? one time pulse-polio drop is enough for a child or everytime a child has to be administrered... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hema Yadav ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Neeraj Kumar MD

I had a very light case of polio when I was eight years old. with fatigue but no weakness in extremities. Now at age 73 I ve been diagnosed with post-polio syndrome and one leg is weak and painful. I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neeraj Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

Hi doctor I missed the second dose of polio yesterday, I gave her polio drops in XXXXXXX I am worried pls suggest ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

Is it safe for a 70 year old man with post polio syndrome to have steroid shots in his shoulder? He read somewhere that steroids may affect the axions and worsen the affect of polio. This shoulder was ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. MD

. My son developed epilepsy when he was 4 months old. He is on 3 different medicines but he still ... , recently he was given polio drops , I was wondering if polio medication can have possible... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Shiva Kumar R MD

my sister 23yrs old has epilepsy and her left hand and leg have been affected by polio..recently ... the vomiting , her epilepsy attacks has lessened keeping it to 1 or 2 times in 2 month.. can anyone ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shiva Kumar R ( Neurologist)
Dr. Anand Sinha MD

hello sir can u plz expln me do we need to give polio dose during pulse polio program if child has already recived polio vaccine just previous day as his/ her scheduled vaccination polio dose... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anand Sinha ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Rakhi Tayal MD

I took all the polio vaccines as prescribed in my infant age. Suppose I come into contact with polio through feco- oral transmission,i can still get polio? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakhi Tayal ( OBGYN)
Dr. Sadiq Mughal MD

Is it necessary to give pulse polio to a 5+ months old baby where as the normal polio vaccination going on by the home/ child physician ? Is these rumor has any connection in truth that Polio vaccine... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sadiq Mughal ( Critical Care Specialist)