What are the symptoms of poliomyelitis?
Poliovirus infections can exhibit symptoms in varying degrees of severity. The majority of individuals (90 to 95 percent) have no symptoms at all. This is referred to as inapparent infection. The three other categories will be discussed. The following are the most common symptoms of poliomyelitis. However, each person may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include: • abortive poliomyelitis A mild and short course of the disease with one or more of the following symptoms: • fever (up to 103 F or 39.5 C) • decreased appetite • nausea and/or vomiting • sore throat • not feeling well all over • constipation • abdominal pain • nonparalytic poliomyelitis The symptoms for nonparalytic poliomyelitis are the same as abortive poliomyelitis but the headache, nausea, and vomiting may be worse. In addition the following symptoms may occur: • the child may feel sick for a couple of days then appear to improve before getting sick again with the following symptoms: • pain of the muscles in
