Diagnosis of acute flaccid paralysis: injection injury or polio?

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dc.contributor.authorWyatt, H Ven_US
dc.date.accessioned2003-05-22en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-03T05:23:26Z
dc.date.available2003-05-22en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-03T05:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2003-05-22en_US
dc.description21 references.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn many countries, the treatment of choice for all fevers is one or more injections. These injections are associated with a risk of nerve damage. If cases of poliomyelitis are not to be missed, the diagnosis of injection trauma or traumatic neuritis (TN) must be exact. The guides for distinguishing between TN and polio are not clear. It is probable that some cases of polio are misdiagnosed as TN. As three-quarters of children with paralytic polio receive injections just before the onset of paralysis, their paralysis may be mistaken for TN. Clearer guidelines are proposed, together with suggestions for better documentation of muscles injected and paralysed. All cases of reported TN should be monitored and new diagnostic guidelines published. To protect their children, mothers must be educated to understand that injections for fever can cause harm. This must be an important part of the eradication programme for poliomyelitis.en_US
dc.description.affiliationSchool of Healthcare Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9UT, England. nurhvw@leeds.ac.uken_US
dc.identifier.citationWyatt HV. Diagnosis of acute flaccid paralysis: injection injury or polio? National Medical Journal of India. 2003 May-Jun; 16(3): 156-8en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/118335
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.nmji.inen_US
dc.subject.meshAcute Diseaseen_US
dc.subject.meshDiagnosis, Differentialen_US
dc.subject.meshFever --drug therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInjections --adverse effectsen_US
dc.subject.meshNeuritis --etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshParalysis --diagnosisen_US
dc.subject.meshPoliomyelitis --diagnosisen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_US
dc.titleDiagnosis of acute flaccid paralysis: injection injury or polio?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeReviewen_US
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