Possible Complications
•Aspiration pneumonia
•Cor pulmonale (a form of heart failure found on the right side of the circulation system)
•Lack of movement
•Lung problems
•Myocarditis
•Paralytic ileus (loss of intestinal function)
•Permanent muscle paralysis, disability, deformity
•Pulmonary edema
•Shock
•Urinary tract infections
Post-polio syndrome is a complication that develops in some patients, usually 30 or more years after they are first infected. Muscles that were already weak may get weaker. Weakness may also develop in muscles that were not affected before.