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First, what is polio? Polio is a highly contagious disease (Nunn 5). That has been traced back 6,000 years (Davis). There are 3 types of polio they include Spinal-paralytic, Bulbar and Non-paralytic (DoSomething). All of them have physical symptoms of Back pain, Pain in the neck, vomiting, fatigue, stiff neck, sore throat,headache, muscle spasms, high but also long lasting fever (Nunn 5). They all have mental symptoms that vary, including Suicidal thoughts,depression, anxiety, schizophrenia personality disorder, alcohol abuse substance abuse organic conditions (Aaby). How is it spread? All the types of polio are spreading the same ways through the air, by mouth, contact with feces,drinking,eating (DoSomething). Next, How is Franklin D. Roosevelt connected with polio? FDR tried to keep the fact that he had polio as a secret (A+E). He never showed his legs on camera, never talked about it unless with family FDR did not want the world to know that he had polio. …show more content…

Polio affected FDR quite a bit since he got it when he was younger his family including his brothers had to take care of him which was probably very hard on him and his family. Another thing that happened to franklin when he was younger was he collected stamps to pass time while he did exercises. As franklin got older he started to enjoy law he took law classes in school and decided to go to law school which he in turn quit because the older he got the more he realized he did not love law has much as he thought he did after he dropped out of law school he kept going in law and wanted to run for president his first election he did not make it but he kept going until he was president and was the longest president in

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