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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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Can a healthy man marry a polio affected woman?

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yes, an healthyman can mary a polio affected women and can be with her till his death

Why was the Pulse Polio program launched?

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To help the children suffering from pulse polio.

What are the stages of polio?

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The maximum state of paralysis is usually reached within just a few days. The remaining nerves begin to grow branches to compensate the destroyed nerves. This process continues for about six months.

What is a induced coma?

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I think it means you were put into a coma by the doctor.

How the pulse polio vaccine is given?

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It can be given orally or as an injection.

How was the polio vaccine invented?

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The first ever polio vaccine was developed by Dr Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh in the early 1950s. It was a killed vaccine that was tested in clinical trials in 1954 and ultimately gained government approval by 1955 for use on the common public. There is also another polio vaccine that was developed by Dr Albert Sabin. This vaccine was a live version of the polio virus and is taken orally. It was approved for use in the general public in 1963. == == == == == == == ==

Why was a vaccine against polio needed in a America?

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because that vaccine contains alive polio virus which caused polio in healthy people therefore america banned it and sell it in asia fpr frewe among muslims

What did the polio vaccination contain?

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The first vaccine was developed in 1952 by Jonas Salk.

The vaccine was made from dead viruses grown in a monkey kidney tissue culture. Heat and formaldehyde were used to kill the virus.

What is the name of the type 1 polio virus?

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Poliomyelitis is the origanil name. polio is a viruse that is in the humman throught. and the first vaccine was introduced in 1955.

Why is the virus that causes polio no longer a threat to children in the US?

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For the most part, we've eradicated polio through the vaccine developed by Jonas Salk in the early twentieth century. Because most people are vaccinated the rare case (some families don't vaccinate for religious or personal reasons despite the proven benefits of vaccinations) isn't a threat to the majority of people.

When are people with polio contagious?

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Polio is a disease is isn't administered to anyone - that would be silly.

How do you deal with polio?

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My grandmother had polio when she was a little girl and her mother made her exercise daily. She hated her mom for it but she could walk and she had 5 kids.

How many people have polio today?

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It depends on what time zone you're in. I might be in "tomorrow" for you already.

Can animals get polio?

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Yes, Polio has been seen in many of the great apes such as the chimpanzee.

Latest braces for polio patient?

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The latest in bracing for polio survivors after the frequent switch from leather and metal.

What did Jonas Salk contribute to the study of genetics?

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He proved that a "killed" virus could be successfully used as a vaccine. Other scientists at the time still believed that only a "live" virus injection would give a person immunity. However, using the "live" virus was, according to Salk, more dangerous, and this fact was proven when Dr. Sabin developed the "live" vaccine, the testing of which caused many deaths. Today, vaccines are produced using his "killed" virus methods.

What do polio and aids have in common?

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Both rabies and HIV are viral infections. Currently, both can be prevented in the vast majority of cases (rabies through vaccination and HIV through using barrier protection during sex). However, both infections once established are almost uniformly fatal.

What is the treatment for post polio syndrome?

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Post-polio syndrome is a slowly progressing weakness that affects polio survivors decades after their initial bout with the disease.

What happens to an organism when polio attacks?

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have severe headaches, fever, muscle aches etc... go to website http://www.nd.edu/~sheridan/Polio.ppt.htm

What happened after Franklin Delano Roosevelt got polio?

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After Franklin got polio he went into a wheel-chair and still became president

How many victims of 1944 polio epidemic?

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A polio vaccine was invented in 1954. Each year after that, the number of polio cases decreased. By 1974, only 5 cases occurred. These were all people who were linked to the polio vaccine.