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Polio

Polio or more correctly Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus which attacks the nervous system. This category is for questions about the disease, its history, its symptoms, its treatments, the vaccine created to combat/eradicate it and the continuing studies of not only the virus,and its treatment, but its sociological impact and the people who survived it.

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How will attack polio virus in human body?

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How does a person's body fight off polio

What is the polio vaccine called?

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Poliomyelitis Vaccine.

I don't think they're are any other names to it than that and the "Polio Vaccine"

It can be done by OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) or through inoculation (Dead Polio Virus is injected into your body).

This immunization is known to have side effects.

What are the side effects of Oral Polio Vaccine?

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Vaccination can produce reactions ranging from a transient and minor skin irritation and allergic reaction to some components of the oral vaccine to paralysis

What kingdom does polio affect?

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Poliomyelitis is considered a virus, which is not located in a domain. It is not, because viruses are considered non-living. But viruses are classified in phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.

Polio immunization had little effect on the number of cases of polio-?

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Polo was diagnosed in 1789, the immunization is preventive treatment. Once diagnosed with polo the immunization does not help.

Is post-polio syndrome contagious?

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No. It is a set of neurologic symptoms which exist long after polio, itself, is experienced by the sufferer.

What is the ratio of people in the us with polio?

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The answer depends on whether you want the ratio of people in the US with polio compared to people with polio in the rest of the world (or the whole world), or the compared to people without polio in the US.

Are some people or age groups more susceptible than other to Polio?

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The older one is, the more likely polio will exhibit serious symptoms like paralysis.

Is polio a water bourne disease?

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Not specifically. But sewage contaminated water might contain virus if the disease is active in the area. It can easily be spread from person to person by contact, sneezing, coughing, etc.

How does Polio infect the body?

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It usually affects your legs or arms, but in some rare cases can affect speaking, swallowing, and breathing.

Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, affects the grey matter of the spinal cord, which is the inner part of the cord.

Where are the least cases of polio in the world?

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The industrialized countries of the world have fewer cases of polio because there are many more vaccinated individuals.

Is polio a hereditary disease and if not why?

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Polio is NOT hereditary. It is caused by a virus, poliovirus, that is highly contagious. A vaccine exists to prevent catching the disease.

What percentage of polio cases develop postpolio syndrome?

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Asked by GaleEncyofMedicine

PPS occurs in about 25% of patients, several decades after their original infection with polio. However, long-term follow-up indicates that two thirds of polio survivors may experience new weakness.

Is polio still an active disease?

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Asked by Dalesr4eva

Yes, as of October 2012 Polio is still endemic in three countries. These countries are Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Polio also spreads to countries The disease has also been reintroduced to 5 non endemic countries.

The total case count for 2012 to date is 166.

Is polio chronic?

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The disease of polio is generally not chronic in nature. The effects of the disease, however, can have lifelong and major health consequences.

Who perfected the polio vaccine?

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Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat poliomyelitis (or polio). The first was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in 1952. Announced to the world by Salk on April 12, 1955, it consists of an injected dose of inactivated (dead) poliovirus. An oral vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin using attenuated poliovirus. Human trials of Sabin's vaccine began in 1957 and it was licensed in 1962.

Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm52sa.html

What is poliomyelitis?

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disease may be defined as a failure of the adaptive mechanics of an organisms to counteract adequately the stimuli and stress to which it is subjected, resulting in a disturbance in function or structure of some parts of the body.

disease may be described as a departure from a positive state of health or well being

disease exists whenever there is an impairment of the normal state of organisms that affect the performance of vital function

disease results when, in struggle between the organisms and the individual, there is a visible evidence of the interaction

disease is the detectable reaction of the individual, the human host to a parasite (an infectious agent in a particular environment

Why is it difficult to kill polio virus inside the body?

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Because viruses are not living things, so you can not "poison" them to kill them like you can bacteria and other disease causing infectious organisms that are alive. We must rely on the ability of our immune systems to render the virus particles inert/inactive by blocking their entry into our cells with antibodies, or rely on vaccines to prevent the viral infections.

In addition, it is difficult to prevent infections by viruses that easily mutate, such as the common cold. They mutate so rapidly and into so many different forms it is not possible to create a vaccine before the virus has mutated again. This is also one of the reasons why we need an annual vaccination for the flu. This is another virus that can mutate to new forms and disrupt our bodies' ability to prevent the infection with antibodies from prior infections of the same virus.

Is polio bacterial?

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Polio is not caused by a bacterial infection. Polio is caused by a viral infection. While both are extremely tiny the viruses are 100 times smaller. Both viral and bacterial infections can sometimes be prevented by proper sanitation. Washing your hands after using the bathroom is a good way to avoid many viral and bacterial infections.

Why did Jones Salk study the polio vaccine?

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Because he really wanted to make a difference and he felt bad for the people that had Polio. (I did a report on him once.)