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    Poliomyelitis, also known as polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus that can cause muscle weakness or the inability to move as a result of damage to motor neurons in the spinal cord. The virus primarily affects children under 5 years of age and can lead to paralysis, usually in the legs. Up to 70% of polio infections do not have any symptoms. Effective vaccines now prevent polio in most countries. For those who had paralytic polio, about 25-50% may develop post-polio syndrome decades later, with symptoms of new muscle weakness, fatigue, pain and difficulty with mobility. There is no cure for post-polio syndrome.

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    Poliomyelitis, also known as polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus that can cause muscle weakness or the inability to move as a result of damage to motor neurons in the spinal cord. The virus primarily affects children under 5 years of age and can lead to paralysis, usually in the legs. Up to 70% of polio infections do not have any symptoms. Effective vaccines now prevent polio in most countries. For those who had paralytic polio, about 25-50% may develop post-polio syndrome decades later, with symptoms of new muscle weakness, fatigue, pain and difficulty with mobility. There is no cure for post-polio syndrome.

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    Poliomyelitis, also known as polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus that can cause muscle weakness or the inability to move as a result of damage to motor neurons in the spinal cord. The virus primarily affects children under 5 years of age and can lead to paralysis, usually in the legs. Up to 70% of polio infections do not have any symptoms. Effective vaccines now prevent polio in most countries. For those who had paralytic polio, about 25-50% may develop post-polio syndrome decades later, with symptoms of new muscle weakness, fatigue, pain and difficulty with mobility. There is no cure for post-polio syndrome.

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    Poliomyelitis, also known as polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus that can cause muscle weakness or the inability to move as a result of damage to motor neurons in the spinal cord. The virus primarily affects children under 5 years of age and can lead to paralysis, usually in the legs. Up to 70% of polio infections do not have any symptoms. Effective vaccines now prevent polio in most countries. For those who had paralytic polio, about 25-50% may develop post-polio syndrome decades later, with symptoms of new muscle weakness, fatigue, pain and difficulty with mobility. There is no cure for post-polio syndrome.

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    Affects upper part of cervical SC (C3-C5),

    POLIOMYELITIS/POST-
    o
    diaphragm paralysis (phrenic nerve),
    muscles needed for swallowing
    POLIO SYNDROME Prevention
     AKA polio/infantile paralysis  Vaccination
    o Salk Vaccine (formalin inactivated
     Infectious dse caused by poliovirus
    virulent strains)
     Muscle weakness  inability to move
    o Sabin vaccine (attenuated live virus) –
     Involves the legs, less commonly the head,
    oral, 2 doses 8 wks apart, booster @ 1 yr
    neck, and diaphragm
    and before schooling
     Up to 70% of infections have no symptoms
    Treatment
    Cause
     No cure
     Genus Enterovirus known as Poliovirus (PV)
     Long-term rehab
    o Colonize the oropharynx and intestines
     Antibiotics to prevent infections, analgesics for
    o Incubation: 3-35 days, commonly 6-20
    pain
    days
    Prognosis
    Transmission
     Depends on number of surviving motor neurons
     Highly contagious via fecal-oral and oral-oral
     Recovery fastest in children
    routes
     Recovery usually 3-6 mos, may continue for
     Most infectious between 7-10 days a and p
    several yrs
    appearance of symptoms
    Post-polio Syndrome
    Paralytic Polio
     Between 25-50% can develop symptoms
     High fever, headache, stiffness in the back and
    decades p recovery
    neck, asymmetrical weakness of various
    o Muscle weakness and extreme fatigue
    muscles, sensitivity to touch, difficulty
    swallowing, muscle pain, loss of superficial and  Slow, progressive disease
    deep reflexes, paresthesia, irritability,  Symptoms
    constipation, difficulty urinating o Fatigue – m/c
     Paralysis 1-10 days p early symptoms begin, o Muscle/jt pain
    progress for 203 more days, usually complete o Weakness
    when fever breaks o Difficulty walking/stair climbing
    o Children < 5 y/o: Paralysis of one leg o Cold intolerance
    o Adults: Quadriplegia o Atrophy
     Spinal Polio – m/c form of paralytic polio o Dressing difficulties
    o Viral invasion of motor neurons of ant
    horn cell
    o Max paralysis rapidly in 2-4 days, usually
    involves fever and muscle pain
    o DTR typically absent/diminished
     Bulbar Polio – 2% of cases
    o CN IX – swallowing, tongue movement,
    taste
    o CN X – heart, intestines, lungs
    o CN XI – upper neck movement
     Bulbospinal Polio

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