Intramuscular injection as a provocative factor in paralytic poliomyelitis.

Acute paralytic poliomyelitis is still prevalent inspite of large scale immunization programmes being carried out throughout the country. One of the important factors incriminated to provoke paralysis is administration of intramuscular (IM) injections especially, when the child has had exposure to poliovirus(l). IM injections are commonly prescribed in cases of fever(2). The relationship of parenteral injections with paralytic poliomyelitis has been reported by various workers from India and abroad(l4). The present study was conducted to ascertain the role of drugs given by IM injection in the development of paralytic poliomyelitis.