Poliomyelitis, mostly known as polio, is caused by the poliovirus, which is a pathogen. There are two different types of poliomyelitis: symptomatic polio and asymptomatic polio. Most people who get infected by the poliovirus, approximately 70 out of 100 people, do not have flu-like symptoms. Around one out of four people have flu-like symptoms, such as a fever, sore throat, tiredness, nausea, and stomach ache, all of which would go away in 2 – 5 days. However, a smaller proportion of people, around 4% – 8% of people get serious symptoms; for example, there is paresthesia, which is the feeling of pins and needles in the leg, and meningitis, the infection of the covering of the spinal cord or the brain which occurs to about 1 of 25 people with
