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Polio problem from childhood
My mom has polio from childhood. Now she has gained weight and falls down while walking sometimes. Her polio related leg cant withold weight. She has to take support and walk many times.
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Dear Sir, the condition of the polio limb will only tell why she has started falling after gaining weight, normally the weight increase is a slow phenomenon and it gives sufficient time for the limb to increase muscle strength, the phenomenon of fall could be due to many other reasons, and that needs evaluation, blindly going for physio, before knowing the cause can even be more harmfull.
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Consult a orthopaedic surgeon who is old enough to have seen polio cases, as this condition is not seen by many new doctors, as it is on the verge of eradication.
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She needs to activate and tone up her available thigh and hip muscle. Consult a physio, do TENS for thigh,hip muscles and ask them to teach exercises for the same
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Dr. K Shanmuganandan
General Physician
37 yrs exp
Chennai
Reduce weight
Use walking stick
Strengthen the muscle by hip and knee exercises
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Dr. Sivaraman B
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27 yrs exp
Chennai
Reduce weight if you can and strengthen the muscles in the legs. Consult physio for exercises
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