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Polio Health Feed

Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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MPT, BPT

Physiotherapist•Noida
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POLIOMYELITIS

It is an infectious disease, epidemic and endemic in nature throughout the world. It is basically a virusinfection of nerve cells in the anterior gray matter or cranial nerve nuclei in the brain stem leading in many cases to temporary or permanent paralysis of the muscles that they activate.

It is a disease which occurs effectively in humans.

HOW TO RECOVER FROM POLIO

In this physiotherapy plays an important role. Exercises are the most importa...more
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MBBS, MRCPCH

Pediatrician•Bangalore
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The idea of pulse polio is to give mass vaccination of inactivated polio virus as to get total immunity of the population called as" herd immunity" in mass immunisation programmes, in addition to protecting your baby you will help in achieving containment if wild polio virus by replacing it with inactivated virus from the polio drops. You aren t doing harm to your baby by not putting the drops as she will be protected from last vaccination, but if lot of people get left out then the wild virus c...more
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MD - Paediatrics, MBBS

Pediatrician•Faridabad
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It's perfect, you have to go for Penta, one more time. Go for rotavirus vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine from private if not available at government hospital. Mmr 9 mt, typhoid conjugate vaccine at 10 mt, hepatitis A vaccine at one year of age.
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General Physician•Pune
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Polio is a virus that has the potential to infect any parts of the body including, but not limited to nerves and muscles. Primarily there are 3 types of polio namely, non-paralytic, spinal paralytic and bulbar. This disease shows minimal to no symptoms in more than 90 percent of the cases. 5 percent of the cases can show symptoms such as nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, sore throat and abdominal pain. Polio is a communicable disease and can cause massive damage if a proper dosage is not taken. It can...more
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Gynaecologist•Bangalore
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Human beings can be shielded from many infectious diseases. One of the ways to do this is by getting the disease and then producing antibodies against it so that future attacks do not happen. The second way is to have the bacteria introduced into the system so that the antibodies are produced and the infection does not take place. The first method is called active immunisation and the second is known as passive immunisation, and both are effective against different organisms.

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General Physician•Ghaziabad
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Do not worry about past. Give opv as per immunization schedule, birth, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14 weeks, 16-24 months. In addition to above give drops whenever there is pulse polio programme. Up to 5 years of age.
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M.D.( Pediatrics), DCH

Pediatrician•
I understand it is about pulse polio. Yes, Irrespective of the vaccination, you should give polio vaccine at pulse polio center. It is your social responsibility to make pulse polio a success.
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DNB - Paediatrics, MBBS

Pediatrician•Chennai
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Hello. Injectable polio is not available since many months. Nothing to worry. Yiu can give oral polio drops instead of IPV according to schedule. In addition to this, give polio drops given by government every 6 months on pulse polio days. Thank you!
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C.S.C, D.C.H, M.B.B.S

General Physician•Alappuzha
Many people who are infected with the poliovirus don't become sick and have no symptoms. However, those who do become ill develop paralysis, which can sometimes be fatal.
Can have no symptoms, but people may experience:
Pain areas: in the muscles
Whole body: fatigue, fever, or malaise
Also common: headache, muscle weakness, nausea, or sore throat
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