polio survivor
Post-virus wheelchair user
A polio survivor is someone who contracted poliomyelitis—a viral disease that can cause paralysis—and lived through it.
The term often implies lasting effects: muscle weakness, mobility limitations, or post-polio syndrome appearing decades later.
Many polio survivors from the 1950s epidemics now use wheelchairs or leg braces.
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- iron lungBody-encasing mechanical respirator
- breathing difficultyImpaired respiratory function
- medical equipmentTools for patient care
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
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- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
relationship to disease prevention
polio survivorJonas Salk
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