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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.
489 Questions
How do you spell polio in spanish?
You spell it the exact same way as it is spelled in English. polio
Why are polio affected bones deformed?
It is an after-affect of the muscles being destroyed. Bones need exercise, too. When they aren't exercised normally, they atrophy, like any other body tissue, especially in young people.
Yes. Originally discoverd almost 100 years ago and named "Neisseria intracellularis" or "diplococcus intracellularis Meningitidis" and "micrococcus meningitidis." From early on "science" experimented, cultivated, harvested & mutated many parasites creating numerous "presentations." In the 1940's parasites & their diseases were "reclassified" as a simply "disease" and given various names: virus, fungus, bacteria, microorganism, etc.
Did Dorothea Lange have handicaps?
Yes, Dorothea Lange did have handicaps. When she was seven, Lange contracted polio. Polio left Lange with a weakened right leg and a permanent limp.
How many children caught polio from nc in 1954?
where are the officical records of children who caught polio back before 1954 ? Because my beloved grandma died of it and I wanna no what happened to her.
Did Abraham Lincoln have polio?
Abraham Lincoln had problems with depression. He may have had Marfan syndrome. He did not have polio.
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Respiratory polio is a variation of the different kinds of polio where whoever has it has trouble breathing and could be placed in an oxygen tent or an iron lung.
Where did president Franklin D. Roosevelt go for polio treatment?
Franklin D. Roosevelt received treatment for Polio in Hot Springs, Georgia before the discovery of the vacination made by Jonas Salk
Three time gold medalist Wilma Rudolph was diagnosed with polio at the age of 7. She was 'cured' at the age of 12 and went on the become the fastest woman in the world, winning three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
When was president Rosevelt D Frankin dianos with polio?
what year was president Rosevelt D. Frankin president
What is the pathogen of poliomyelitis?
The pathogen responsible for poliomyelitis is the poliovirus, which is a type of enterovirus. It primarily spreads through the fecal-oral route, and can infect the gastrointestinal tract before spreading to the nervous system, leading to paralysis in severe cases. Vaccination through the polio vaccine has been successful in reducing the incidence of polio worldwide.
There is no cure. Vaccination prevents it. Therapy after one gets it may help a person recover, but you can't be cured.
What problems did the polio vaccine solve?
you are sooo stupid if you do not know this you idiotic idiot!!
What was the drug responsible for the cure of polio?
Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. This does not cure polio but it does prevent it. Polio remains incurable.
The first oral polio vaccine, administered as a liquid drop applied to a sugar cube, was developed by Albert Sabin. It was licensed for use in the US in 1962, seven years after Jonas Salk's inactivated virus vaccine was licensed.
How did the polio outbreak in Syria start?
Someone who was not immunized with the polio vaccine got it from someone else. No one knows where some of these viruses "hide" but is probably was making rounds in small populations.
What is another name for infantile paralysis?
Polio was called Infantile Paralysis in the early 20th. century.
What are the chances of getting a child with polio if husbands father is polio affected?
Polio is not an inherited disease; it is an infectious disease caused by a virus.
