Scoliosis and PPS
Question: I am 76 yrs old and had polio at 3. I never had scoliosis but over a period of a few years I now have some scoliosis. Is this common in those of us with PPS?
Dr. Bruno’s Response: Scoliosis results from polio-caused muscle weakness that allows back muscles that were less affected to pull the spine toward their side, causing a curve. One estimate from the epidemic years was that 1/3 of young polio survivors developed scoliosis, which resulted in many spinal fusions. Scoliosis can also result from polio survivors' back muscles becoming weaker over time. So, scoliosis is an "indirect" result of PPS.
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