By Peter Brauer, MD

The “POLIO Selbsthilfe e.V.” publishes the complete works of the Peter Brauer, MD, a medical author well known among experts, in the form of a 228 page-long paperback book.

Content

• Review of the Current Situation and Definition of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Characteristics of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Problematic PPS Patient or Problematic PPS Physician?
• Occurrence of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Post-Polio Syndrome as an Inheritance of Polio-Encephalomyelitis
• Risk of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Central Nervous System and Post-Polio Syndrome
• Problematic Diagnosis of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Symptoms and Signs of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Checklist for the Post-Polio Syndrome?
• Differential Diagnosis by Exclusion of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Classification of the Post-Polio Syndrome as a Chronic Disease
• Cardiovascular Involvement in Poliomyelitis and Post-Polio Syndrome
• Fatigue as a Symptom of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Post-Polio Syndrome and Stress
• Breathing and Sleeping Disorders in Post-Polio Syndrome
• Temperature Sensitivity in Post-Polio Syndrome
• Muscle Cramps in Post-Polio Syndrome
• Burning Muscle Pain in Post-Polio Syndrome
• Risks in Post-Polio Syndrome
• Dental Treatment of Polio Survivors
• False Diagnosis and False Treatment of the Post-Polio Syndrome
• Post-Polio Syndrome as Causality Hypothesis
• Poliomyelitis Viruses and Post-Polio Syndrome
• Medical Assessment of Patients Suffering from Post-Polio Syndrome
• Post-Polio Syndrome through Vaccination
• Acute Post-Polio Syndrome

Appendix

• I. Poliomyelitis - Striking a Second Time in Life?
  (Information for patients)
• II. Post-Polio Syndrome as a Tertiary Consequence of Polio-Encephalomyelitis
  (Information for physicians)
• III. Post-Polio Syndrome as a Severe Chronic Disease
  (Information for funding agencies: health insurances, retirement funds, health and social services)
• IV. Post-Polio Syndrome as a Physiotherapeutic Problem
  (Information for physiotherapists)
• V. Poliomyelitis and Post-Polio Syndrome in numbers
  Post-Polio Syndrome after Eugen Roth