The Polio Vaccine The discovery of the polio vaccine was an important medical and scientific breakthrough because it saved many lives since the 1950s. In the summer of 1916 the great polio epidemic struck the United states. By the 1950s hundreds of thousands of people had been struck by the poliomyelitis. The highest number of cases occurred in 1953 with over 50,000 people infected with the virus. When hygienic conditions were poor polio attacked infants. The disease was spread by contaminated
Poliomyelitis (shortened to polio) has been around for thousands of years, and there is still no cure, but at the peak of its devastation in the United States, Dr. Jonas Salk introduced a way to prevent it. Polio attacks the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous system, causing muscle wasting, paralysis, and even death. The disease, whose symptoms are flu like, stuck mostly children, and in the first half of the 20th century the epidemics of polio were becoming more devastating. Salk, while
the medical world with the development of the Polio vaccine, but his team continues to conduct groundbreaking research on some of today’s most deadly diseases. Knowledge of Polio has seemingly decreased throughout the years, but there is no denying its terrifying impact on parents of the early 20th century. What many people are unaware of is the fact that Polio is caused by a virus that can be spread by simple person-to-person contact (History of Polio). Secretions from the nasal and oral cavities
to fight this virus off. Jonas Salk’s Exploration of Medicine and research led to the creation of the Polio vaccine that united the country, prevented further outbreaks, and introduced a new form of treatment which has limited the fatality of polio infections today. Poliomyelitis is
regions throughout the world. However, the low-income countries are affected more due the lack of capacity and training to address these challenges. Similarly, polio may not seem an issue in the developed countries, yet it remains endemic in many countries such as s Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria1. Oral polio vaccine (Sabin) or OPV is the vaccine of preference in such endemic areas owing to easier administration. Not only can it be easily administered, but it can also be dispensed by workers or volunteers
Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was the product of a highly studied germ. The discoveries about the polio virus were communicated to the public as they occurred and the public was interested in funding more research into the virus. When the Salk vaccine went to trial across America in 1954, the public was many times more knowledgeable about disease than they could have been before the discovery of the germ theory. The workings of the vaccine were made known to all, through media
Jonas Salk the creator of the Polio Vaccine once said. His imagination led to this pioneer in medical science to reducing 350,000 inevitable cases of the Polio virus in 1952 to just 223 cases in 2012. This Extraordinary feat of immense proportion cannot go unnoticed by medical science. This form of distributing medicine may damage the epidermis but it revolutionized and contributed so much to modern medicine. Like the economic and medical advancements like using vaccines to combat deadly pathogens.
virologist who developed the first safe and effective inactivated polio vaccine. Before this vaccine was created, polio vaccines usually contained live, weakened forms of the virus, but Salk developed a vaccine that contained an inactivated, dead form of polio, the first of its kind. Until the Salk vaccine was introduced on April 12, 1955, polio was considered the most frightening health problem in the United Sates. Just 3 years before the vaccine was released, almost 58,000 cases were reported, with 3,145
re-emerging diseases. In this report the re-emerging disease ‘Poliomyelitis’ will be thoroughly investigated and from reliable research, the effectiveness of the management to prevent this disease in the world will be evaluated. Poliomyelitis, often called ‘polio’ or ‘infantile paralysis’ is an infectious disease caused by a virus. This dangerous infectious disease has been eradicated around the world except for three countries, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Poliomyelitis is a dangerous viral disease
information. Also, for Peg Kehret and Martha Sherwood-Pike for their writings. And to Karla Iverson’s information about the past. Polio, or poliomyelitis, is an uncommon but yet, deadly disease in the United States. It made a huge impact on the United States history, as well as in the world’s too. To know about the past polio has created. We need to discuss what it
deadliest disease is known as the polio virus. The polio virus causes paralysis of the arms, legs, and chest muscles. The disease used to be called “infantile paralysis”, because it was most common in children. Many could no longer walk again without the use of leg braces. Others could not breathe without the help of machines. This disease caused terror all over the world. People couldn’t figure out how it came about, who the victims would be, or how to cure it. Today, polio does not exist because of the
Polio is a viral disease. It cripples thousands of people and infects even more every year. Even though millions are inoculated, and the polio disease has been successfully purged from hundreds of countries still thousands of people and developing countries are infected and still people are dying. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) polio affects the Central Nervous System, or CNS; by infesting the intestines and transmitting it into the nerves thought the blood vessels. There the virus
Fear of Polio in the 1950s Paralytic poliomyelitis, "polio", held a reign of terror over this nation for decades. But unless you were born before 1955, polio may seem to be just another ephemeral disease that has been nonexistent for years. Those born before 1955 remember having a great fear of this horrible disease which crippled thousands of once active, healthy children. This disease had no cure and no identified causes, which made it all the more terrifying. People did everything that they
Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is a contagious disease which was first seen in England in 1789 by Michael Underwood. The first outbreaks were reported in early 19th century and it was first reported in United States in 1843. At first, there were no any treatments found against polio. The epidemics were increasing severely through northern hemisphere. 21,000 cases of paralytic polio were seen in United States in 1952. It took a longer time for polio to be recognized as a major problem in developing
paralysis, which is better known as polio. This virus was usually contracted during childhood, and attacked the central nervous system, which if the victim did survive, he or she would then usually suffer from debilitating paralysis well into their lives. Major polio epidemics had been very prevalent in many parts of the United States since the late nineteenth century, but the poliomyelitis virus has since been mostly eradicated in the United States. Although, polio has been mostly eradicated in the
In 1937, over 900 people, mostly children, in Toronto became ill with the devastating effects of polio - death, paralysis, lessened breathing and quarantine - which only became more devastating throughout the years. It starts off seeming like the flu - fever, fatigue, stiff muscles, loss of appetite - and worsens, continuing to attack the nervous system until the body fought the virus or death. The doctors were unable to stop the virus, while each patient and family painfully waited to see if they
Polio is a virus that may cause the victim to be paralyzed. “In the 1950s Jonas Salk created a vaccine that was 80-90% effective in preventing Polio”, as said in the book History of Poliomyelitis by John Paul. Now in the 21st century Polio is very rare and there is zero known cases in the US. Jonas Salk used many different versions of the virus to create different Vaccines that could possibly work in destroying polio. Before the creation of the Polio vaccine it was not rare for someone to have been
skin begins to cling to bone, this monster, formally addressed as the Poliomyelitis (Polio) disease, finds its way to the nerves of the body as well as the grey areas of the spinal cord, leaving its host with dreadful affects throughout the body.Since its discovery in 1905, Polio has caused several epidemics throughout the years leaving many permanently paralyzed or even dead. Thankfully, scientists created the polio vaccination which lead to the nearly complete eradication of this disease. However
Today we are going to talk about Polio, The scientific name for Polio is , Poliomyelitis . There are multiple symptoms such as fever ,Sore throat , headache , vomiting , Fatigue , back pain, neck pain , stiffness all over the body , pain in arms and legs , and muscle weakness. The polio virus can affect you spinal cord which is in charge of movement in your body . This ends up causing you to become paralyzed. In most cases some people will get deformed legs or arms . This would prevent them from
United States appeared in 1843. Although the disease is easily transmitted amongst children, the average age of those afflicted with polio has been steadily rising over the past few decades. The 1952 epidemic in the United States was considered one of the worst, with over 21 thousand paralytic cases reported out of over 58 thousand total. (CDC). Iconic images of the polio epidemic of the 1900s often include large rooms with arrays of iron lung cages