Polio or Traumatic Paralysis

[dr.psrawat47]

I am a medical practitioner by profession who has been a teacher, administrator and researcher. I have been involved with medical research, having worked on AIDS, cancer, TB, bronchial diseases, etc. I want to get published my research about Polio so that masses as well as physicians come to known about my point of view and my research about this disease.


Polio or Traumatic Paralysis?
Eradication by 2000 A.D.(Now 2010)

Vigorous efforts are on to eradicate Poliomyelitis from the world by 2000 A.D.( only two months away) through the intake of additional doses of polio vaccine (OPV) by the recurring pulse polio immunization programmes (PPIP) currently in vogue especially in India for the last few years. But the incidence of polio (paralysis) cases continually remain unabated, no doubt mainly in the poor urban localities, slum colonies and countryside.

Although Polio virus hominis has been held responsible as the causative agent of the said affection, which is prevalent in almost every part of the world to a greater or lesser extent barring few countries but more in developing countries of the Indian subcontinent. The latest media report says that nearly 70% of total polio cases of the world occur in India.

After making detailed study of a large number of polio victims, I have come to this conclusion that the so called virus polio cases are in fact non-virus origin. These
non-virus polio cases occur as a result of trauma sustained by the main nerve of the affected limb(s), of the infants/young children and rarely the grown ups.

Whether falling upon cots, table, or any other high place, injury caused by the moving hard balls or pebbles/stones, otherwise mainly due to administering drugs through intramuscular (IM) route in feverish or inflammatory condition to an infant/child up to 2 years age, have been noted as the factors responsible for almost al the so called polio victims.

Administering drugs in fever through IM route forms 99% of the total paralytic cases. In fact, this is the foremost but the most neglected factor responsible for the present polio paralysis scenario. Concerned authorities must have taken cognizance and verified this aspect directly from the grownup polio victims or from the parents/guardians of the young victims before coming to any conclusion about the virus polio incidences.

During fever limbs are prone to go paralysed, if the main nerve (motor) of the limb gets injured due to needle prick while injecting drug through IM route to an infant/young child in order to bring temperature down quickly. It is due to the developmental property of the nerves in general and during fever when the main nerve (motor) gets traumatised in particular. Although, there can be no denial of the existence of the virus hominis but to say that anterior horn cell (motor is the seat of affinity of the said virus, is totally misconceived idea since there is absolutely no histochemical difference between sensory and motor nerves including horn cells other than direction of relay, order of myelination and in their peripheral termination. Hence, the proposition that virus hominis has special affinity to damage anterior horn (motor) cell is wrong.

Till date neither WHO nor any other concerned agency adopting polio eradication programme has ever produced over this applied aspect of nerve physiology. A common feature in all so called polio cases (these should have been better named as traumatic or post traumatic paralytic cases) is: either right or the left lower limb is seen affected, may be some time both the limbs get the malady. But, it is very that all the four (two upper and two lower) limbs of an infant/child get paralytic affection. It can happen only in the event of IM injections having been given in all four limbs, one by one or two at a time and perchance damaging their main nerves. Although, there is mention of such cases in medical literature and once seen on the T.V. screen being interviewed by Doordarshan team, by the writer.

The injured limb gets flaccid paralysis of lower motoneurone type instantly owing to loss of nerve control. The temperature subsides as result of drug administered or of its own, since greater (greater than existing inflammatory/noninflammatory condition) malady has been inflicted to the body of the victim.

The attending physician would generally diagnose the condition (fever and paralysis) as Polio fever without getting the stool of the victim examined for the confirmation of virus hominis, as should have been absolutely necessary, rather mandatory before declaring any traumatic paralysis a polio fever victim, since there is no method so as to know whether it is/was prepolio fever or not.

In my 30 years medical career (teaching, practice, and research), I haven’t come across a single case of so called virus polio where the limb(s) got paralyzed with or without fever but of its own i.e. when IM injection had not been used. However, all IM injectioning done in inflammatory/noninflammatory conditions do not always make an infant/child paralytic victim. It is only in those cases where needle perchance injuries the main nerve of the limb(s) for the reason already explained.

People in this part of the world in general and illiterate poor in particular, are totally ignorant about this reality. Some times the physicians themselves, otherwise the parents/guardians of the infants/children insist on the IM administration of the drug to get quick relief. Moreoever, they have full faith in the attending physician and accept the mishap of traumatic paralysis as the fate of the victim.

The concerned physician, who may be ignorant qualified or a quack but clever enough to manipulate the situation for the sake of personal reputation/business/from being penalised (At present there is no law in India, may be world over where doctors/nurses could be held responsible, if an infant/child gets traumatic paralysis after injecting drugs through IM route).

The vital question is: why use IM injection to an infant/child when all kinds of substitutes; the pills, powders, syrups, etc. are available for all sort of disorders/diseases of the children as well as grown up persons. Still, if it is a must to inject a particular drug then it should be done with utmost care through different routes/sites.

Though, there is no record available of the first polio case of the world, otherwise, it would have coincided with the invention of hypodermic syringe and needle (in 1853 by Gabriel Pravez) and its use. But it is important to note that the first recorded case of so called ‘Polio’ is a recent phenomenon (if certain mythological and historical characters are depicted/described having one or other limb paralysed, then they must had been the victims of mechanical trauma other than needle injury).

The ‘Polio’ or traumatic paralysis can (sarcastically) be termed, as the first but most unwanted, rather thrusted gift of the invention and application of the medical research and development to the mankind.

Better late than never is the wise saying. The present dismissal scenario can be changed in a day or 2 by bringing a legislation in holding the attending physician/nurse responsible in case an infant/child gets Polio or traumatic paralysis after having been given IM injection. The day any such legislation comes into effect as statutory warning, the dream of eradication of ‘Polio’ from the world would be realized within stipulated time frame of 2000 A.D. (now 2010).

It will be 100% success story. This will not only save millions of Dollars as foreign exchange spent on importing, storing and deployment of oral polio vaccine but also million of children world over would be saved from becoming handicaps (paralytic victims) for the rest of their life, for no fault of their. Until such time, the grownup (traumatic paralysis) victims of IM injectioning or the parents of such young victims should think to take legal action against the physicians/authorities concerned for making the innocent young children handicaps merely due to utter negligience/ignorance on their part, also for getting due compensation on this account.



Dr. P.S.Rawat
B.Sc. BHMS
M.D. (Homoeo) Scholar

Formerly:- Professor and Principal at:

Homoeopathic Medical College and
Hospital Chandigarh, Chandigarh

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Incharge Research at:

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Medical Education and Research
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[cube12ic]

This is very nice and informative article about Polio or Traumatic Paralysis. I get very useful knowledge to it. I hope next time you share more useful information.

[Mark_ferguson77]

I think it can be the best thing if Homeopathy can fix the polio issues.
It will be great.