What Percentage of Survivors Actually Get PPS
Original Post: I was wondering what percentage of people who had Paralytic Polio in the 50s actually get by later in life with no symptoms of PPS? Do we all have something?
Dr. Bruno’s Response: Nearly 30 years ago, the early survey numbers showed that 75% of paralytic polio survivors got PPS. As time goes on, yes, everybody gets something that they can relate back to having had polio.
Of great importance is that we now know for sure that "non-paralytic" polio survivors had damage to their central nervous systems, and they can also get PPS.
For more information, look in the Index of the Encyclopedia of Polio and PPS under the topics: Non-Paralytic Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome.