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Prevent Polio with the Right Vaccination
- 5:49, 12th September 2018
- Test Organization
- Diseases and Infections
- Polio
Polio is a viral disease which is very contagious and causes the extremes of nerve injury. The results of polio are so severe that if left untreated, it will lead to paralysis and death eventually. Poliovirus is most prevalent in the underdeveloped and the third-world countries of Asia and Africa. This virus mainly attacks children at their growing age.
Adults, with no polio vaccines in the past, can be attacked by the virus as well. It is of utmost necessity to get one shot of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (IPV) at least once because of these immunity boosters lasting a lifetime.
There are two types of polio that affect the people - nonparalytic polio and paralytic polio.
The nonparalytic polio is less harmful and does not pose life risk to a person. Getting attacked by a nonparalytic poliovirus will give you the symptoms of fever, headache, vomiting, neck pain, back stiffness or muscle weakness.
But, paralytic polio is dangerous and go up to total loss of reflexes in a person or flaccid paralysis in some cases. Paralytic polio comes with the symptoms of fever and headache as well. Hence, it is required to get a blood test done to know about the identity of the virus.
Ways to Prevent Polio
Make sure that a child completes the series of vaccines needed to prevent the poliovirus. Children should be given the vaccination at the ages of 2 months, 4 months, between 7-18 months and between the ages of 4-6. These four doses of the IPV or the Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine is recommended as the best way for polio prevention.
If you are an adult attacked by the poliovirus, you can get two doses of the IPV or the OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) in a total span of two weeks.
Get the schedules for vaccinations from information on Curedit.
