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== Symptoms == * [[headache]] * muscle weakness * cognitive dysfunction (lack of concentration, depression, irritability, emotional instability)<ref name=":2" /> * sound sensitivity * pain behind the eyes<ref name=":12" /> * hyperaesthesia "Muscle weakness - generally slight and diffuse in distribution - occurred more commonly in the legs than in the arms. Where paralysis was severe, rapid recovery generally ensued. Two noteworthy features of the muscle involvement in this disease were as follows: the pain frequently persisted in various muscles for periods up to six months after the acute illness; in some cases the onset of muscle weakness was delayed for several months.<ref name=":1">Dr R.A. Pellew, [http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19522700678.html;jsessionid=AA4534CA199AC800732B3877608F5CE0 "A Clinical Description of a Disease resembling Poliomyelitis, seen in Adelaide, 1949-1951"] ''Medical Journal of Australia'', Medical Journal of Australia 1951, June 30 Vol. 1 No. 26 pp. 944-6</ref>
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