Polio
Symptoms of polio:
- a rise in temperature.
- a week after symptoms begin paralysis in one of the parties or in a group of muscles.
Sources of infection:
- people who are sick.
- carriers of the virus.
The infection can be made through:
- the digestive system: where the virus enters through the mouth in the water or milk.
- the respiratory tract.
Prevention of polio:
- interest cleanliness of food and drink
- away from sources of infection
- protective immunization taste.
What causes of paralysis?
Most paralysis is due to strokes or injuries such as spinal cord injury or a broken neck. Other causes of paralysis include: Nerve diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Autoimmune diseases such as Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Does polio affect muscles or bones?
Most often, polio survivors start to experience gradual weakening in muscles that were previously affected by the polio infection. Some people may have minor symptoms while others develop visible muscle weakness and atrophy (wasting away).
Which body system is commonly affected by polio?
Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.
Does poliomyelitis affect muscles?
What are its symptoms? Most often, polio survivors start to experience gradual new weakening in muscles that were previously affected by the polio infection. Some individuals experience only minor symptoms while others develop visible muscle weakness and atrophy.
What are the 3 types of polio?
There are three individual and immunologically-distinct wild poliovirus strains: wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2) and wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3). Symptomatically, all three strains are identical, in that they cause irreversible paralysis or even death.
What are the 4 stages of poliomyelitis?
Poliomyelitis can present in stages, such as the acute stage, recovery stage, and residual-paralysis stage. The acute stage is mainly comprised of features, such as fever, neck stiffness, profound muscular weakness, paraparesis, and autonomic dysfunction.
What is the onset of polio?
The incubation period for nonparalytic poliomyelitis is 3 to 6 days. For the onset of paralysis in paralytic poliomyelitis, the incubation period is usually 7 to 21 days. The risk of severe disease and death following primary infection with poliovirus increases with increasing age.
Which group of muscles are affected most in poliomyelitis?
The muscle most frequently paralysed was the deltoid. When complete paralysis of the whole deltoid occurred and was associated with paralysis of the rotator cuff muscles, the shoulder often subluxed downwards. The next most commonly affected muscles were the elbow flexors and extensors.
What type of paralysis does polio cause?
Paralytic poliomyelitis happens when poliovirus attacks your brain and spinal cord. It can paralyze the muscles that allow you to breathe, speak, swallow and move your limbs. Depending on what parts of your body are affected, it's called spinal polio or bulbar polio.
What causes muscle paralysis in polio?
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person's spinal cord, causing paralysis (can't move parts of the body).
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