Polio

Polio Case Definition and Diagnosis. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently by a common vehicle for example contaminated water or food and multiplies in the intestine.

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It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person.

Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. Thanks to the polio vaccine weve come close to ending polio but it continues to threaten communities in parts of the globe. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease.

Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year. Polio used to be common in the United States. Polio or poliomyelitis is an infectious viral disease that can strike at any age and affects a persons nervous system.

The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected persons brain and spinal cord causing paralysis cant move parts of the body. Post-polio syndrome is a health condition which can affect you if youve ever had polio. Paralysis usually begins in.

Polio virus illustration. Polio is extremely rare in the United States and many other countries because most people have gotten vaccinated. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio.

In the United States polio has been brought into the country. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955.

Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio. But polio remains a problem in small pockets of the world. Consider polio in patients who have unexplained AFP.

Polio can be prevented with vaccine. Only a polio survivor can develop PPS it is not contagious. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or.

The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently by a common vehicle eg. Poliomyelitis polio Poliomyelitis polio is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. Until everyone gets vaccinated there is a.

Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. Some parents wouldnt let their children play with new friends and regularly. In many places polio vaccination is standard for childrens healthcare and often required for kids to attend school.

Ad Polio used to be one of the feared medical conditions of its time back in the 40s and 50s. It is caused by the poliovirus. A probable case of polio is defined as an acute onset of flaccid paralysis of one or more limbs with decreased or absent tendon reflexes in the affected limbs without other apparent cause and without sensory or cognitive loss.

Contaminated water or food and multiplies in the intestine from where it. Post-polio syndrome PPS is a non-contagious condition that can affect polio survivors usually 15 to 40 years after recovery from polio.

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