Polio

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Etchings on Egyptian vessels show people with withered legs on crutches.

. Polio is a serious and life-threatening disease the state health department said. Post-polio syndrome is a health condition which can affect you if youve ever had polio. Only healthcare workers with evidence of complete polio vaccination should attend to the.

This vaccine is given as a shot in the arm or leg is very safe and protects against severe disease including paralysis. 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. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur.

It is highly contagious and can be spread by people who arent yet. Is inactivated polio vaccine IPV. Since 2000 the only polio vaccine used in the US.

Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like. Some parents wouldnt let their children play with new friends and regularly. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955.

Polio can be prevented with vaccine. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV may sometimes be given in the same shot with other vaccines also called combination vaccines. 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. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. An ancient virus polio has crippled and killed humans for centuries.

It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It is caused by the poliovirus. Wild polio types 2 and 3 have been eradicated no longer exist and wild polio type 1.

In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday. The first case of polio reported in the US. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus.

Polio poliomyelitis is a disease caused by poliovirus. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. Ad Polio used to be one of the feared medical conditions of its time back in the 40s and 50s.

There are three variations of poliovirus called wild poliovirus type 1 2 and 3 WPV1 WPV2 and WPV3. 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. 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.

Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. Striking children younger than 5. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio.

Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. It causes mild or no symptoms in most people but in some people it can cause paralysis or death.

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