Patients with abortive polio infections recover completely. In those who develop only aseptic meningitis, the symptoms can be expected to persist for two to ten days, followed by complete recovery. In cases of spinal polio, if the affected nerve cells are completely destroyed, paralysis will be permanent; cells that are not destroyed, but lose function temporarily, may recover within four to six weeks after onset. Half the patients with spinal polio recover fully; 25% recover with mild disability, and the remaining quarter are left with severe disability. The degree of both acute paralysis and residual paralysis is likely to be proportional to the degree of viremia, and inversely proportional to the degree of immunity. Spinal polio is rarely fatal.
Without respiratory support, consequences of poliomyelitis with respiratory involvement include suffocation or pneumonia from aspiration of secretions. Overall, 5--10% of patients with paralytic polio die due to the paralysis of muscles used for breathing. The mortality rate varies by age: 2--5% of children and up to 15--30% of adults die. Bulbar polio often causes death if respiratory support is not provided; with support, its mortality rate ranges from 25 to 75%, depending on the age of the patient. When positive pressure ventilators are available, the mortality can be reduced to 15%.
250,000 people have died from Polio
250,000 people have died from Polio
The survival rate of polio is quite high, with most individuals who contract the virus experiencing mild symptoms or none at all. Approximately 1 in 200 infections lead to paralysis, and among those paralyzed, the majority recover some function. However, in rare cases, polio can lead to death, particularly if respiratory muscles are affected. Vaccination has drastically reduced the incidence of polio, contributing to higher survival rates overall.
yes, an healthyman can mary a polio affected women and can be with her till his death
Death Rate is the actual rate of death where Crude Death Rate is a guess on the death rate.
Prior to the iron lung, the most common cause of death from polio was paralysis of the diaphragm muscles causing suffocation from inability to breathe.
mortality rate - death rate
the birth rate is 65% and death rate is 35%
birth rate - 295 death rate - 876 rg
Polio vaccination of children is there to prevent the re-appearance of the polio disease, which is currently almost eradicated. Originally, the vaccination was by needle. Then drops of vaccine on a sugar cube was used.
The birth rate is the rate of people that have be born and the death rate is the rate of the people who have died.
birth rate greater than death rate