Famous physiotherapists, with Sister Kenny in the forefront, have proved that a life can be saved if treatment is given without delay. It is the delay that enables the virus to destroy the nerve cells. Therefore, as soon as the first symptoms become apparent it is of the utmost importance that the patient be made to sweat. Use a steam cabinet, a steam bath, a sauna, a tub bath of gradually increasing temperature (Schlenz bath), or quite simply hot packs; whatever you choose the important thing is to produce copious perspiration – fast. By these means much harm can be avoided and paralysis may well be averted. If Sister Kenny’s treatment had been given, the boy mentioned previously might not have lost his life.
However conservative a doctor may be, he should not close his eyes to the good results obtained by new methods of treating polio. > The very first symptoms should galvanise us into action. They may suggest flu, with excessive tiredness, headaches, aching limbs, vomiting, lack of appetite, etc. Whether polio is diagnosed right away or not is of little importance. These symptoms are sufficient to warrant immediate treatment, the first of which is the above-mentioned inducement of perspiration. The effect will be beneficial even if it is happily discovered later that it was the flu and not polio.
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