Acute paralytic illness.

Acute paralytic illness.

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Assessment of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Paralytic Illness

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (FDR’s) paralytic illness was diagnosed as poliomyelitis. Some of his symptoms, such as fever and motor neuron infection are consistent with symptoms typical of this condition. However, recent research has led to the insight that he possibly suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome instead. Through Bayesian analysis on his paralytic symptoms, researchers were able to argue ...

What was the cause of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's paralytic illness?

In 1921, when he was 39 years of age, Franklin Delano Roosevelt contracted an illness characterized by: fever; protracted symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bladder and bowel dysfunction; numbness; and dysaesthesia. The symptoms gradually resolved except for paralysis of the lower extremities. The diagnosis at the onset of the illness and thereafter was paralytic poliomyelitis. Y...

Hyperglycemia in acute illness.

Acute Illness and Rehabilitation