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Definition:: Katrina C. Bausa Poliomyelitis
Definition:: Katrina C. Bausa Poliomyelitis
Bausa
POLIOMYELITIS
Definition:
Causative agent:
• Poliovirus/Enterovirus
Risk Factors:
Manifestation:
• Abortive
Fever
Malaise
Uneasiness
Sore throat
Inflamed pharynx
Headache
Anorexia
Vomiting
Abdominal pain
• Non-paralytic
• Paralytic
Pain
Paralysis
Nursing Management:
• Apply moist hot packs over affected muscles for 15-20 minutes every 2-4
hours.
Medical-Surgical management:
• Tendon transplantation
• Release of contracture
• Arthrodesis
• Analgesics
• Mild sedatives
• Vaccines/OPV
Lack of immunization to
Poor Feco-Oral
hygiene
Polio virus
Children ↓ 5
enters the
y/o
mouth
Virus
proliferates in
intestinal
↓Productio Disseminati
n of lymph on occurs in
the CNS
↓WBC
Damage to
Infection Fever Reddish gray matter
and swollen in the
gray matter ventral
Swelling of spinal cord
lymph
nodes: Damage to
tonsils motor
Tonsillitis neurons
↓ Transmission of
Weakness
impulses to the
muscles