What are the treatments for polio?

Polio patients must always take various active measures during the acute phase, recovery phase, and sequelae phase to protect nerve cells from damage, reduce muscle atrophy, prevent the occurrence and development of deformities, and maximize limb function to meet the needs of life, study, and work activities. Therefore, once a child is diagnosed with polio, the first thing he or she must do is learn how to treat it. So what are the methods for treating polio? Let's take a look at some of its treatment methods.

The treatment for polio is as follows:

1. Physical therapy: such as ultrashort wave, drug ion introduction, sunbathing, infrared, hot compress, electrical stimulation therapy, massage, acupuncture, acupoint injection, catgut implantation, hyperbaric oxygen, etc.

2. Drug treatment: such as galantamine, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, methoxazole, ATP and blood dilator injection drugs. Traditional Chinese medicine includes Sancai Decoction, Buyang Huanwu Decoction, etc.

3. Medical sports training: According to the location and degree of paralysis of the patient, special medical gymnastics, passive exercise (for patients with muscle strength level 0-1), assisted exercise (for patients with muscle strength level 2-3), active exercise (for patients with muscle strength above level 3) are performed. Resistance exercise can also be used.

4. Surgical treatment: Indications: patients should be over 5 years old and be able to cooperate with doctors in examination and functional training; the course of the disease should generally be more than 2 years after the onset of the disease, but some patients (soft tissue surgery) can be treated earlier. Contraindications: patients with balanced muscle paralysis without deformity; patients with mild muscle paralysis, muscle strength above level 4 or mild limb deformity that does not affect function or shortening within 2 cm; patients with extensive muscle paralysis accompanied by multiple severe deformities, flail legs. Surgical methods include muscle transfer, tendon lengthening or release, joint fusion, pelvic osteotomy, diaphysis lengthening, epiphysis lengthening, spinal correction, etc.

Through the above introduction, I believe everyone is clear about the treatment methods of polio. Once family members notice any of the above symptoms, they need to report to the doctor as soon as possible. And further examination and diagnosis are required. Only after the diagnosis can a comprehensive and systematic prevention and treatment be carried out according to the specific condition and the type of attack.