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Date Posted: 09:44:43 03/14/05 Mon
Author: Nancy
Subject: Re: Children of Polio survivors
In reply to: Andrea 's message, "Children of Polio survivors" on 16:48:41 10/01/02 Tue

>Dear Andrea,
I happened upon this site by going through all the items that interested or pertained to me. After I read your letter as well as the responses, I dicided that you may have a legitimate concern. I have four children but only one that I know of suffers with sluggisness and occaissional achiness. It didn't hit her until she hit her teens and I thought it could be due to depression. Now I'm not so sure. She naps most mornings but after I've read these comments, I just don't know. I'm hopping that you might have gotten an answer by now.

With Regards,
NancyMy mother had polio 50 years ago. She now suffers from
>post-polio syndrome...it has been hard on the entire
>family to say the least.
>
>I need to ask a somewhat selfish question. Could the
>disease have affected victims' DNA? Meaning, could any
>of the nerve damage caused by polio be passed along to
>the children of survivors?
>
>I'm by no means a scientist, so please forgive me if
>the question above is a silly one. I worry about it
>because my brother, sister and I have always been a
>bit sluggish and needed more rest than most -
>characteristics I have always seen in my mom that can
>be attributed to post-polio syndrome.
>
>Please respond if you have any ideas or feedback. You
>can email me at andrea@wedewer.com if you'd like.
>
>Thank you,
>Andrea

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