What is Poliomyelitis Disease?
Regards, Let me tell you about, what is poliomyelitis disease. Poliomyelitis (Polio) originates from Greek word Polio Meaning “Grey” and myelitis meaning “marrow”. Polio is a disease in which a virus that mainly affects nerves in the spinal cord or brain stem. In severe cases polio can lead to a person being unable to move certain limbs, also called paralysis. They have trouble breathing and sometimes it is fatal. A vaccination awareness in the world has led to only a small number of cases to occur around the world in recent years.
But poliovirus still spreads in backward areas with low vaccination rates. It Causes mild or no symptoms in most people, but in some people it can cause paralysis or death.
Types of Poliomyelitis?
Polio can affect the body Differently depending on the Virus multiplies and attacks.
- Abortive poliomyelitis:- This disease feels flu-like and intestinal problems. It lasts A few days it is not a chronic disease.
- Non paralytic Poliomyelitis:- It a aseptic meningitis disease. A swelling of the area around the brain. May require the patient to sit in the hospital.
What are the Further types?
- Paralytic Poliomyelitis:- This disease is occurred when polio virus Attacks your brain and spinal cord, Depending on what part is affected is called spinal and bulbar Polio.
- Polio Encephalitis:- It is a Rare polio disease which affects infants. Brain swelling is one of the symptom.
- Post polio syndrome:- When Symptoms of polio comes back after the polio infection.
How does polio affect normal person?
- People bearing the poliovirus even when they not sick can pass along the virus in bodily waste matter also called stool, or droplets from sneezing or coughing.
- The virus invade in another person through the mouth. The virus can spread easily.
- Polio virus can influence body through your mouth and nose. It reproduces in the throat and gut. In some people it reaches into the brain and spinal cord and causes paralysis.
- Paralysis can affect your arm’s, Legs, and muscles that control your breathing.
What are the symptoms of Abortive Polio?
- They have fever
- They also have migraine/ head ache.
- Muscular cramps
- They feel discomfort in the throat.
- Abdominal pain
- Anorexia
- Always urges to vomit/ Nausea
- Gags most of the time
Symptoms of Non-paralytic Polio?
- They have neck discomfort or stiffness
- Spasms/ stiffness in arm’s and leg’s.
- They have Severe headache
- Rigidity or stiffness in the spine and neck
- Their reflexes are decreased.
- Muscular fatigue
What are the symptoms of Paralytic polio?
- Excessive Pain
- Hyper sensitivity to touch
- Thrilling or tingling sensations
- They have Muscles spasms or impairment.
- Muscles fragility progressing to a limp (to walk while favouring one leg) paralysis
- Paralysis of chest muscles involved in breathing
- They have difficulty swallowing
What is the symptoms of Post-polio syndrome?
- Ongoing muscle or joint weakness and pain
- They are having fatigue after exercise
- Muscular loss of function
- inspiration, expiration and swallowing problems
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Lowered endurance of cold temperatures
Causes of Polio (Poliomyelitis):
- Polio is begin by the poliovirus. It mainly targets nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain stem that control muscle movement. Nerve cells controlling sensation are generally unaffected.
- It is naturally taking place as poliovirus, called the wild-type poliovirus, has been eliminated in most countries and causes few cases of polio. Another version of the virus, called the vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), is more widespread and now causes most infections Globally.
What are the Risk factors?
Polio mainly affects Toddlers, but anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated is at risk of getting the disease.
What are the Complications of polio myelitis?
- Long lasting paralysis
- Muscle shortening that causes damaged bones or joints
- Recurrent pain
- They have Post-polio syndrome
Also read: what is cerebral palsy disease
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