Polio

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Before the polio vaccine the disease had been a major cause of disability in children.

. Paresthesia feeling pins and needles. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday. The first polio vaccine arrives at Mayo Clinic on April 13 1955 one day after its licensed in the US.

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. In the 20th century compared with none in 2020. CDC recommends that children and adults who are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated get polio vaccine to protect against polio or poliomyelitis.

It is caused by the poliovirus. El virus entra a través de la boca y la nariz se multiplica en la garganta y en el tracto intestinal para luego ser absorbido y diseminarse a través de la sangre y el sistema linfático. This is a MedPage Today story.

People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their feces. The first case of polio reported in the US. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like fatigue fever headache stiffness muscle pain vomiting can take up to 30 days to appear during which.

When people do get symptoms they may include. Most people who get polio dont have any symptoms. La polio es una enfermedad causada por una infección con el poliovirus.

Polio is caused by a virus. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. Pronounced PO-lee-oh Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease.

The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. The most recent outbreak of polio cases took place between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. Ad Polio is a health condition thats a lot less common today than a few decades ago and in. 2 days agoPolio is a disease often spread in water that mostly affects children under 5.

Sometimes polio can affect the brain and lead to serious and permanent complications like. It has mostly been wiped out from developed countries but outbreaks remain in Pakistan Afghanistan and parts of Africa. Polio vaccine provides the best protection against polio.

About 16000 cases of polio paralytic poliomyelitis occurred each year in the US. Polio is highly contagious and often begins with symptoms similar to the flu such as fatigue fever headache muscle pain vomiting and stiffness. 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.

For specific vaccination recommendations visit. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

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