Alternative

9 thoughts on “ What Cures The Polio ”

1. Polio used to be common in the United States. Before the polio vaccine, the disease killed thousands of people every year. Thanks to the polio vaccine, there hasn’t been a new case of polio in the United States in over 35 years. Getting vaccinated is the best way to prevent polio.

   Reply
2. Apr 21,  · In particular, oral polio vaccine has been documented to induce protection against a number of viral and bacterial infections. OPV, developed by Albert Sabin, consists of attenuated.

   Reply
3. Polio becomes deadly when the paralysis spreads to the victim’s breathing muscles. The disease cannot be cured, but vaccines offer lifelong protection from the virus, which primarily infects.

   Reply
4. Polio is fatal in % of cases for those who have the paralytic form because the muscles that are required for breathing cannot function normally. Post-polio syndrome can occur from 15 to 40 years after the initial infection. Up to 40% of patients who survive paralytic polio may develop post-polio syndrome in .

   Reply
5. Polio is a virus that spreads easily between people who aren't vaccinated. Although you can get polio at any age, kids under 5 have the highest risk of getting it.

   Reply
6. 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 .

   Reply
7. Over the past three decades, the world has made tremendous progress toward the eradication of polio. In —when wild poliovirus was present in more than countries and paralyzed , people every year, primarily young children—the World Health Assembly set a goal to eliminate the disease, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched.

   Reply
8. Oct 24,  · Caused by a virus, polio is a highly infectious disease, spread from person to person, that invades the nervous system and can cause paralysis in a matter of hours. Among those paralyzed, 5.

   Reply
9. Dec 11,  · Polio is a highly contagious viral infection that causes paralysis, breathing problems, and may be fatal. Most cases show no symptoms, and polio has been eliminated in all but three countries Author: Peter Crosta.

   Reply