Polyomyelitis

25 to 40% of people who end up with polyomyelitis, that neuron involvement can go on to have post-polyo syndrome. And this happens 15 to 40 years after infection. There isn't really anything to do to prevent it, and there's not much that you can do to cure it. The best explanation is that when polio attacks your motor neurons, it might not destroy all of your motor neurons. But then over time, these cell bodies are essentially working way harder than a cell body would otherwise have to work. They may weaken or end up dying themselves.