Author/Editor		Grabljevec, Klemen
Title		Pozne posledice poliomielitisa - ali sploh obstajajo?
Type		članek
Source		Rehabilitacija
Vol. and No.		Letnik 1, št. 3-4
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 6-8
Language		slo
Abstract		Subjects with late effects after poliomyelitis often experience ignorance and misunderstanding from the medical specialists as well their general practitioners. Unsufflcient knowledge about the late effects of poliomyelitis to often leads to wrong rehabilitation approach, incorrect or even not at all prescribing of mobility and ADL aids, as well restriction of benefits from health and pension funds. The aim of this volume of "Rehabilitacija" is to paint out the problems of poliomyelitis survivors and to overwiev the results of recent research made on this problem. Not a single publication exists in Slovenia yet, that would consider late effects of poliomyelitis, so lack of knowledge and interest among medical experts is easy to understand. Regarding this, we invited selected specialists from the fields, where people with late effects of polio most often search for medical assistance. We especially wanted to explicit the probtem of functional status assesment and influence of that on the assesment of ability to work. Subjects who survived poliomyelitis in epidemics in 1953 and 1956, are right now just before pension, but have low ability to continue their work, becouse of their new simptoms. Regarding personal experience of the author, persons after poliomyelitis suffer prominently more from the ignorance of health and social security administration but their health status.
Summary		Pri delu z osebami, ki so prebolele poliomielitis se je izkazalo, da s strani zdravstvenega osebja le-te neredko naletijo na nerazumevanje za svoje objektivne težave. Posledica nepoznavanja in nerazumevanja posledic poliomielitisa pa je neustrezna terapevtsko-rehabilitacijska obravnava, neustrezno oz. sploh ne predpisovanje potrebnih pripomočkov za gibanje in druge dnevne aktivnosti kot tudi odrekanje pravic, ki gredo tem osebam iz zdravstvenega in pokojninskega zavarovanja. Namen te številke »Rehabilitacije« je osvetliti problem poznih posledic poliomielitisa in prikazati izsledke tujih in domačih raziskav s tega področja. Do sedaj v Sloveniji ni izšla še nobena publikacija, ki bi obravnavalo problemetiko poznih posledic poliomielitisa, zato je slabo poznavanje le-teh po svoje razumljivo. K sodelovanju pri izdaji te številke "Rehabilitacije" smo zato povabili strokovnjake s področij, ki se pri svojem delu najpogosteje srečujejo z ljudmi, ki so preboleli poliomielitis. Še posebej želimo razjasniti področje ocenjevanja funkcijskega stanja in vpliv le tega na oceno delazmožnosti. Osebe, ki so prebolele poliomielitis po drugi svetovni vojni so namreč sedaj tik pred upokojitvijo, zaradi slabšanja funkcionalnega stanja pa svoje delo opravljajo vedno težje. Če sem iskren, sem v pogovorih z osebami po poliomielitisu dobil vtis, da ti ljudje, ki so se dobro prilagodili na življenje s svojo telesno okvaro nimajo "zdravstvenih" težav, ampak bijejo predvsem boj s sistemom zdravstvenega in socialnega varstva ter okoljem, ki jim ne prizna, da je njihova aktivnost in sodelovanje v družbi oteženo. In na tem področju potrebujejo največ pomoči.
Descriptors		POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME POLIOMYELITIS