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What type of polio involves the infection of the brainstem and medulla is?
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bulbar poliomyelitis.
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Why picoronavirus are the most significant cause of viral infection in human?
Picornaviruses are the family to which some of the most widespread pathogenic viruses belong. The common cold and polio are both caused by picornaviruses.
What human body system is affected by polio?
Polio affects the nervous system.
Is polio gram positive or gram negative?
Neither. Polio is a virus and is not affected by gram staining.
Who formulated the oral polio vaccine?
Albert Sabin founded the oral polio vaccine and the vaccine was licensed in 1962.
What is the pathogen of poliomyelitis?
the polio virus...the virus is an enterovirus...there are 3 types....1,2,3 the polio virus...the virus is an enterovirus...there are 3 types....1,2,3
What are the types of poliomyelitis?
There are 3 types of poliomyelitis (polio) infection: 1. Sub-clinical: does not affect the central nervous system and patients may not experience any symptoms 2. Non-paralytic: affects the central nervous system, produces mild symptoms, and does not result in paralysis 3. Paralytic: rarest and most serious and produces full or partial paralysis in the patient. There are 3 types of paralytic polio: 1. spinal polio (affects the spine) 2. bulbar polio (affects the brainstem) 3. bulbospinal polio (affects the spine and brainstem)
How long does it take to develop post polio syndrome?
Post-polio syndrome occurs some decades after the original infection with polio.
What is a viral infection also known as polio?
poliomyelitis
What do you call the ailments of the nervous system caused by infection with polio virus?
ceribal palsy
What type of disease is pollo?
Polio is a highly contagious viral infection. Polio can affect the spinal cord causing muscle weakness and paralysis. Polio is usually introduced through the mouth after touching stools of infected individuals.
Is polio bacterial?
Polio is not caused by a bacterial infection. Polio is caused by a viral infection. While both are extremely tiny the viruses are 100 times smaller. Both viral and bacterial infections can sometimes be prevented by proper sanitation. Washing your hands after using the bathroom is a good way to avoid many viral and bacterial infections.
Treatment for central sleep apnea?
Causes of central sleep apnea include various severe and life-threatening lesions of the lower brainstem, which controls breathing. Examples include bulbar poliomyelitis , a form of polio affecting the brainstem.
What is the scientific name for polio virus?
The disease polio is more specifically poliomyelitis, an infection by the virus called, logically, poliovirus, a species of enterovirus.Another common name for polio in young children is infantile paralysis.
What percentage of polio cases develop postpolio syndrome?
PPS occurs in about 25% of patients, several decades after their original infection with polio. However, long-term follow-up indicates that two thirds of polio survivors may experience new weakness.
Does post-polio syndrome occur in older patients who have had poliomyelitis?
Yes, post-polio syndrome occurs in individuals who have had polio typically 15-40 years after the initial infection. It is characterized by new muscle weakness or pain and can affect older patients who had polio earlier in life.
What virus attacks the nervous system?
Poliomyelitis can enter the central nervous system and destroy motor neurons that can cause paralysis and muscle weakness/atrophy. Spinal polio is the most common form. Poliomyelitis is caused by poliovirus and used to be a dreadful disease in the 20th century. Now with better vaccines, the number of polio incidents have gone down.
Polio is a disease caused by a virus?
Polio is caused by an infection from the poliovirus. When a person is affected with it the virus resides in the intestinal tract and in the mucus in your nose and throat. It is usually spread through contact with the waste of an infected person. It is less frequently spread through contact with infected respiratory secretions - saliva.
