Poliomyelitis is a disease that has crippled and killed hundreds of people. What happens to the body when a person is infected with polio? A polio virus may attack the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis. However, infection by a polio virus does not always result in severe illness. Some patients show only mild symptoms, such as fever, headache, sore throat, and vomiting. Symptoms may disappear after about a day. Stiffness of the neck and back develops. The muscles become weak, and movement is difficult. Pain may occur in the back and legs, especially when these parts are stretched or straightened. If paralysis develops, the person may not be able to stand or walk. Most people who develop polio do not become permanently…
Poliomyelitis, also known as Polio, is an infectious disease caused by the polio virus. This disease can spread from person to person and can invade an infected person’s brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis. Symptoms are seen rarely for this illness, but if seen it’s usually flu like symptoms. There are three types of polio, sub-clinical, paralytic, and nonparalytic. Young children, pregnant women, and people with low immunity are more susceptible to this disease. This disease spreads from…
Annotated Bibliography Peer reviewd Journal 1. What are the recent advancements in the treatment of the polio epidemic? Affeldt, J.E. (1954). Recent advances in the treatment of poliomyelitis. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 156(1), 12-15. Retrieved , from http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=317696 This research intends to create a greater understanding about the Poliomyelitis Epidemic and its recent advances in treatment. This targets health professionals…
Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly contagious disease caused by a poliovirus. There are three types, or serotypes, of poliovirus: P1, P2, and P3. All three types can cause infection and are considered paralytogenic. Before the development of the polio vaccine, the disease had worldwide occurrence. Humans, particularly children are the identified reservoir for the virus and can be transmitted through direct and indirect contact with respiratory discharges and feces. However, the…
The people living in the 20th century were plagued by a virtually unstoppable disease. Children were infected and sometimes the disease was fatal. The United States had a Poliomyelitis epidemic in the years between 1916 and 1952, which was the peak of the epidemic (Petersen). Polio, as it is more commonly known, caused a great deal of pain, fear, and heartache for these people. It did, however, lead Jonas Salk to create a vaccine that would change the developed world forever. Polio cause Salk to…
Poliomyelitis, better known as the polio virus, is a crippling, and potentially, deadly disease that spreads from person to person. This disease is very contagious, and only infects humans. The virus consists of a RNA genome enclosed in a protein shell called a capsid. There are three serotypes of wild poliovirus have slightly different capsid proteins. In 1789, British physician, Michael Underwood, provided the first clinical description of the poliovirus. He provided a stat, that stated 72…
Polio Poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, is a highly contagious disease. It dates all the way back to the 1700s. Almost 300 years later, polio is 99% globally eradicated. Polio wreaked havoc throughout the world during the 1900s. It can cause total muscle paralysis and even death. Polio can attack at any age, but those under age 5 are most vulnerable to the disease. Michael Underwood, a British physician, wrote the first clinical description of polio in 1789. There is evidence dating…
Polio Vaccination Carly Spencer Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis otherwise known as “Polio†is an infectious viral disease that affects the nervous system and can cause “paralysis†(paralyzation) or death if left uncured. There are three different types of the disease - Paralytic, Nonparalytic and Sub-Clinical. Types of Polio Infections Paralytic - the rarest and most serious type of Polio - which is the highest chance to leading to full or partial paralysis. There are also three…
Poliomyelitis is a viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis. Cutting through every human it came into contact with and preventing them from living a long and full life; Polio was a disease that ravaged the world for decades, maybe even centuries. Jonas Edward Salk, an American medical researcher and virologist at the New York University School of Medicine, discovered and developed a vaccine to stop this virus’ terrifying rampage. The vaccine was a weapon…
withered right leg who was very likely to have been suffering from the effects of poliomyelitis. Poliomyelitis, an infectious viral disease that was easily contracted in unsanitary conditions, has been around since ancient times. The ruthless virus attacked the nervous system by specifically targeting gray matter, tissue in the spinal cord and brain containing nerve cell bodies, which can lead to permanent paralyzation in the body. Countless individuals have been paralyzed or have died from…