Polio

Polio spreads through the fecal-oral route. 20 hours agoBabies at 8 weeks 12 weeks and 16 weeks are vaccinated against polio as part of the 6-in-1 vaccine which also protects from tetanus whooping cough diphtheria and hepatitis B.

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Until everyone gets vaccinated there is a.

. Many people fully recover. The polio vaccine is given on the NHS when a child is eight 12 and 16 weeks old as part of the 6-in-1 vaccine. Polio also known as poliomyelitis is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system.

It was once one of the most feared diseases in the United States but the creation of a vaccine in the 1950s ended the threat. Polio Polio or poliomyelitis is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by poliovirus. This can occur over a few hours to a few days.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative GPEI was founded in 1988 to fight the viruss spread and disease burden with a global vaccination. 21 hours agoPolio is a rare disease and is spread after a person does not wash their hands properly after using the toilet and then touches food or water consumed by others or. Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by a virus.

17 hours agoPolio is spread when the stool poo of an infected person comes into contact with the mouth of another person either through contaminated water or through food. Three types of poliovirus can cause infection but. 11 hours agoPolio causes permanent paralysis in people who are not fully vaccinated in about 5 out of every 1000 cases.

Polio is an infectious disease contracted predominantly by children that can lead to the permanent paralysis of various body parts and can ultimately cause death by immobilizing the patients breathing muscles. The virus multiplies in the intestine and infected. Poliomyelitis commonly shortened to polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

The polio virus can infect a persons spinal cord and the nerves at the base of the brain causing paralysis and in more extreme cases it can be life-threatening. In the 20th century compared with none in 2020. A high temperature.

About 16000 cases of polio paralytic poliomyelitis occurred each year in the US. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. But polio remains a problem in small pockets of the world.

19 hours agoPolio is a rare virus that can occasionally cause serious illness such as paralysis in people who are not fully vaccinated. The disease attacks the nervous system and in. It is given again at three years and four months old as part of the 4-in-1 DTaPIPV.

Children younger than 5 years old are more likely to contract the virus than. While a vaccine is widely available in the UK the virus which causes the infection can still spread if. In rare cases polio can cause temporary difficulty using muscles typically in.

We can thank the creation of the polio vaccine or more accurately polio vaccines for. But most people with polio will not have any symptoms and will fight off the infection without even realising they were infected. No cure exists for the symptoms but in the 1950s effective vaccines were developed and have been used around the world since then.

In many places polio vaccination is standard for childrens healthcare and often required for kids to attend school. Extreme tiredness fatigue headaches. The weakness most often involves the legs but may less commonly involve the muscles of the head neck and diaphragm.

In those with muscle weakness about 2 t. In about 05 percent of cases it moves from the gut to affect the central nervous system and there is muscle weakness resulting in a flaccid paralysis. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected persons spinal cord causing paralysis cant move parts of the body.

Ad While there are still some parts of the world that are considered a higher risk for. There are now only pockets of polio with the virus. The disease was previously common in the.

It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. 14 hours agoA massive global effort has in recent decades come close to wiping out polio a crippling and potentially fatal viral disease that mainly affects children under the age of five. Being sick vomiting a stiff neck.

Polio is an infectious disease that can spread from person to person and most commonly affects children under the age of five. 22 hours agoPolio can be spread by poor hand hygiene and less commonly through coughing and sneezing. Thomas Magath sits next to the first shipment of the polio vaccine at Mayo Clinic in 1955.

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 first polio vaccine arrives at Mayo Clinic on April 13 1955 one day after its licensed in the US. Short for poliomyelitis polio is a disabling and life-threatening disease spread from person to person mainly through contamination by feces according to.

16 hours agoPOLIO is a rare yet serious infection that is easily spread through coughing and sneezing. Polio is extremely rare in the United States and many other countries because most people have gotten vaccinated. 19 hours agoPoliomyelitis or polio is a highly infectious viral disease that mostly affects the under-fives.

There is no cure but there are safe and effective vaccines to prevent polio.

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