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Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious viral disease brought on by the poliovirus. The disease can result in severe neurological problems and paralysis, and at times it can even be fatal. In most developed nations, the poliovirus has been eradicated due to vaccination programs taken up governments. However, the poliovirus is still a major threat in many developing countries. More...
Causes And Symptoms Of Poliomyelitis
Polio is a viral infection which is caused by a virus. Polio has different names such as infantile paralysis, debility of the lower extremities, and spinal paralytic paralysis. The word polio, which is the short form of the poliomyelitis, is derived from the Greek word polio which means grey, myelos which means marrow and itis which means inflammation.More...
Poliomyelitis symptoms are usually grouped into 3 categories, namely minor symptoms, aseptic meningitis and paralytic poliomyelitis. The symptoms what an infected person shows fall into one of these categories.
As the name suggests, minor symptoms poliomyelitis are not too grave and are seen in around four to eight percent of the infected people. These symptoms include fever,More...
The only way to prevent poliomyelitis is through vaccination. The vaccination started in 1955 and since then in the US, poliomyelitis has been more or less eradicated. However, the virus causing the disease is still prevalent in many developing countries and until it is eradicated from all the countries, there is still the risk of the disease entering into the US. Hence, it is recommended that kids still be given poliomyelitis vaccination. In fact, in most of the US, it is mandatory to give polio vaccination to kids before they start school. More...
Who Discovered The Cure For Polio ?
The discovery of the cure for polio was done by Jonas Salk, who was an American researcher. He discovered the cure in the year 1952 and thereafter, in the year 1955, he announced to the medical fraternity that a vaccine was developed by him to cure the viral disease. The vaccine was composed of inactivated polio causing virus. More...
Currently, there is no post polio syndrome treatment available. However, scientific studies have shown that when people suffering from post polio syndrome do non-fatiguing exercises, they can help to improve the strength in the affected muscles. More...
How Do You Get Poliomyelitis ?
A person infected by the polio virus carries the virus in the intestinal tract as well in the mucus secreted by the nose and throat. While most of the transmission of poliomyelitis occurs through the fecal-oral route when an uninfected person comes in contact with the feces of an infected person; a person can also get poliomyelitis when he or she comes in contact with the nasal or oral mucus of an infected person. The latter kind of transmission is referred to as oral-oral transmission. More...
