Polio

The first case of polio reported in the US. Polio or poliomyelitis is an infectious viral disease that can strike at any age and affects a persons nervous system.

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Polio used to be common in the United States.

. Polio is an infection caused by the poliovirus. About 1 in 4 infected people have flu-like symptoms including sore throat fever tiredness nausea headache and stomach pain. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday.

Only a polio survivor can develop PPS it is not contagious. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

Polio can be prevented with vaccine. People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their. In the United States polio has been brought into the country.

The first known US case of polio in nearly a decade was contracted by an unvaccinated 20-year-old man in Rockland County who had recently traveled to Poland and Hungary health officials said. Thanks to the polio vaccine weve come close to ending polio but it continues to threaten communities in parts of the globe. Ad Polio used to be one of the feared medical conditions of its time back in the 40s and 50s.

Post-polio syndrome is a health condition which can affect you if youve ever had polio. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or.

This is a MedPage Today story. It is caused by the poliovirus. Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year.

Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. Some parents wouldnt let their children play with new friends and regularly. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus.

Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955. Post-polio syndrome PPS is a non-contagious condition that can affect polio survivors usually 15 to 40 years after recovery from polio. 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.

Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio. Polio virus illustration. The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines.

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.

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