botulism
Botulism
Polio is a childhood disease that causes infantile paralysis. It is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis and can be prevented through vaccination.
what disease is chaaracterized by ascending paralysis
Bell's Palsy is one. Dysfunctional cranial nerve causes partial facial paralysis
NSF/ NFD disease
cholera is a disease caused by a bacteria that realeases a toxin in the intestine and causes severe diarreah
The disease affects the myelin sheath, which coats nerve cells. It causes progressive muscle weakness and paralysis
parkinsin's
Tay-Sachs disease eventaully causes the child to develops problems with breathing and swallowing. Blindness, paralysis, and death follow.
There are more than one type of polio. The one that most people fear the most is the one which causes paralysis. I think that would be the definition of a crippling disease.
Polio is a disease caused by a virus. It causes paralysis in the muscles. If it affects the muscles of the chest, it can prevent breathing and the individual suffocates.
Chrones Disease is a disease or infammation of the small intestine. Ulcerative colitis is inflammation and ulceration of the colon or large intestine. Chrones is harder to treat as much of the nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine so removing parts of it causes more of a problem that if one removes part or all of the large intestine...IF it is very severe. Steroids are used to quell inflammation and other medications.