Polio

Paralytic disease nearly eradicated by vaccination. Flaccid paralysis and iron lung dependence.

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Post-polio syndrome occurs decades later because surviving motor neurons become overworked. Each remaining neuron sprouts extra branches to innervate orphaned muscle fibers, creating "super motor units" that eventually burn out from metabolic exhaustion after 30-40 years of overuse.

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