Non Paralytic Polio Research Paper

Polio is a viral sickness that is contagious, and it is caused by one of the polioviruses. In most cases, polio is mild but some do have paralytic polio. Polio has likely been around for thousands of years. There is an Egyptian carving dating back to 1400 B.C., depicting of a boy with a leg deformity like the one someone with Polio would have. Polio was low level until the 1900s. Polio started being epidemic when other illness like typhoid and tuberculous started declining. Scientist believe that when advances in sanitary conditions started making Polio more evident. When sanitary conditions were worse, infants were exposed to polio but the maternal antibodies that were still in the blood quickly defeated it and the infants became immune to it. When sanitary conditions got better, people were exposed to polio later in life. Polio was eliminated in the Western Hemisphere in 1994 due to widespread vaccination. It is still around in some countries in Africa and the Middle East. …show more content…
The symptoms for non-paralytic polio are fever, sore throat, headache, vomiting, fatigue, back, neck, arm and leg pain, and muscle weakness. Paralytic polio has three types, spinal cord, brain stem and both. The symptoms for those types of polio are loss of reflexes, severe muscle weakness, loose and floppy limbs, and paralysis.
A doctor will normally check for stiffness in the back, abnormal reflexes and difficulty swallowing and breathing. The doctor will also get a stool, throat or cerebrospinal, liquid that surrounds the spinal cord and brain, sample to confirm
The illness affects the body by muscle and joint weakness continuing. Worsening muscle pain, becoming more easily exhausted and having trouble breathing and swallowing are also caused by the