INTRODUCTION Poliomyelitis also called polio is a sever virus infectious disease it is a major cause of infantile paralysis it can be transmitted person to person orally By its name in the Greek language it is associated with the gray matter of the spinal cord This virus cause inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord this infection in some cases can extend up to the brainstem. Polio enters the body through the mouth, infecting the first cells which come in contact with it Poliomyelitis
Experiencing The Polio Epidemic It was in the middle of September; the height of summer and the temperature was somewhere in the high eighties, and under normal circumstances there would be a long line of people, especially kids waiting to dive into the huge indoor pool at the Mission Beach Plunge. However, these were not ordinary times, the only people anywhere near the pool were there to forlornly gaze at the crystal clear water and wonder what deadly monster might be lurking in its depth.
Polio Virus Introduction The polio virus which causes poliomyelitis in humans is an enterovirus which belongs to the picornavirus (small, RNA) family. Polio virus is rapid, acid-resistant, stable, highly tissue specific and consists of a single-stranded, positive RNA. Polio virus is able to reside in the throat or intestinal tract of humans. Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious infectious disease which has three strains, poliovirus 1 (PV1), PV2 and PV3. Polio virus, although rare in developed
the dreaded disease called polio, which struck both young and old by the score from the 1930s to the 1950s. School children and parents were as frightened of polio as they were of nuclear bomb attacks on the United States. When the polio vaccine was finally discovered, people all over America were inoculated. Still, there were scores of people who did not trust doctors, did not like the use of needles – and some who even feared that the vaccine would give their child polio. Anti-vaccine propaganda
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
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
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
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
Polio: An American Story describes a struggle to find a vaccine on polio through several researchers’ lives, and over the course of many years. The second thesis is the struggle between Salk and Sabin, two bitter rivals who had their own vaccine that they believed would cure polio. The author David M. Oshinsky, is describing how difficult it was to find the cure to a horrifying disease, which lasted from the Great Depression until the 1960’s. Oshinsky then writes about how foundations formed as
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 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
Poliomyelitis colloquially known as Polio is a viral infectious diseases that in severe forms can cause paralysis or even death. Polio affects the motor neurons of the anterior horns in the grey matter if the spinal cord. Without nerve stimulation, the muscles become weak and undergo atrophy, eventually resulting in paralysis. Polio in rare cases does spread to the brain stem causing paralysis to the diaphragm and loss of breathing. Thankfully a vaccine to combat polio was developed by Jonas Salk, several
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
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
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
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
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
Report: Polio Stephanie May Microbiology Poliomyelitis is a life-changing, sometimes deadly disease caused by the poliovirus. This virus, spread through human feces, once paralyzed many, including US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, leaving some of its victims trapped in an iron lung for the rest of their lives, and even killing many. A vaccine against this virus was developed by Jonas Salk in the 1950s, and polio infections have dropped tremendously, with the Americas being declared polio-free
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
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