Polio

Polio can be prevented with vaccine. It causes mild or no symptoms in most people but in some people it can cause paralysis or death.

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It is highly contagious and can be spread by people who arent yet.

. Only a polio survivor can develop PPS it is not contagious. Polio or poliomyelitis is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. In the United States polio has been brought into the country.

Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year. Wild polio types 2 and 3 have been eradicated no longer exist and wild polio type 1. Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms.

The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. Polio virus illustration.

Upload Edit Sign PDF Documents from any device. There are three variations of poliovirus called wild poliovirus type 1 2 and 3 WPV1 WPV2 and WPV3. Paralysis caused by poliovirus occurs when the virus replicates in and attacks the nervous system.

Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio. Polio or poliomyelitis is an infectious viral disease that can strike at any age and affects a persons nervous system. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease.

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. 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. Only healthcare workers with evidence of complete polio vaccination should attend to the.

Ad While there are still some parts of the world that are considered a higher risk for. Some parents wouldnt let their children play with new friends and regularly. The virus can infect a persons spinal cord causing paralysis cant move parts of the body.

Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. We can thank the creation of the polio vaccine or more accurately polio vaccines for.

Consider polio in patients with polio-like symptoms especially if the person is unvaccinated incompletely vaccinated recently traveled abroad to a place where polio still occurs or was exposed to a person who recently traveled to one of these areas. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. Post-polio syndrome PPS is a non-contagious condition that can affect polio survivors usually 15 to 40 years after recovery from polio.

Polio is a serious and life-threatening disease the state health department said. The paralysis can be lifelong and it can be deadly. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955.

Ad Single place to edit collaborate store search and audit PDF documents. Polio poliomyelitis is a disease caused by poliovirus. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or.

It is caused by the poliovirus. Polio used to be common in the United States. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material.

It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. Thanks to the polio vaccine weve come close to ending polio but it continues to threaten communities in parts of the globe.

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