Polio is caused by an virus. People are able to ger Polio in food or water, especially in places were their is lack of hygene.
Some cases of Polio are passed from parent to child. Once infected, it could take only a few days to the symptoms to appear. Some of the diagosis for Polio are :
1- Weakness
2- Fever
3- Paralysis
4- Serious Breathing
5- Inability of use of one or both legs
6- Several muscles fails to work.
When people think they have Polio, they check which one they might have, because there are three different types and symptoms, such as:
1. In mild polio, headache, nausea, vomiting, general discomfort or a
slight fever for up to three days.
2. In nonparalytic polio, the symptoms
are same as in mild fever in addition with moderate fever, stiff neck and back,
fatigue and muscle pain.
3. For paralytic polio: tremor, muscle weakness,
fever, stiffness, constipation, muscle pain and spasms, and sometimes
difficulty swallowing.
The good news is that Polio has a treatment. The best option are the vaccines. All healthy children between the ages of six weeks and 18 years should be vaccinated against polio as part of their complete vaccination schedule. But in some countries only children of having age less than 6 years are given vaccine. One example is Africa.
Polio has been around since the pre-historic. Many of the Polio cases ocurred in places that lacked in hygene but also in contaminated water or contaminated food. In the 1940s and 1950s, polio would paralyze or kill over half a million people
worldwide every year
Some cases of Polio are passed from parent to child. Once infected, it could take only a few days to the symptoms to appear. Some of the diagosis for Polio are :
1- Weakness
2- Fever
3- Paralysis
4- Serious Breathing
5- Inability of use of one or both legs
6- Several muscles fails to work.
When people think they have Polio, they check which one they might have, because there are three different types and symptoms, such as:
1. In mild polio, headache, nausea, vomiting, general discomfort or a
slight fever for up to three days.
2. In nonparalytic polio, the symptoms
are same as in mild fever in addition with moderate fever, stiff neck and back,
fatigue and muscle pain.
3. For paralytic polio: tremor, muscle weakness,
fever, stiffness, constipation, muscle pain and spasms, and sometimes
difficulty swallowing.
The good news is that Polio has a treatment. The best option are the vaccines. All healthy children between the ages of six weeks and 18 years should be vaccinated against polio as part of their complete vaccination schedule. But in some countries only children of having age less than 6 years are given vaccine. One example is Africa.
Polio has been around since the pre-historic. Many of the Polio cases ocurred in places that lacked in hygene but also in contaminated water or contaminated food. In the 1940s and 1950s, polio would paralyze or kill over half a million people
worldwide every year