Polio
By: Bradyn McAtee
HOW LONG ITS BEEN AROUND
Polio has been around since ancient times but the first epidemic happened in the 1900s until the vaccine was introduced in 1955.
SYMPTOMS
Some symptoms of polio are paralysis, death, fever, vomiting, sore throat, muscle weakness or tenderness.
PREVENTION
Some prevention methods for children are receiving four shots of an inactivated polio vaccine at the ages of two months, four months, between six and eight months and between
TREATMENT
there is no cure but some ways of getting better are resting, taking painkillers, having a portable ventilator to help breathe, and eating a nutritious diet.
LINK
Polio info
CAUSES
Polio is virus that you can get from contaminated water or food and direct contact with someone who is infected.
LONG TERM EFFECTS
Polio can effect your spinal cord and does give you muscle weakness and paralysis.
RISK FACTORS
Some risk factors of polio are having a tonsillectomy, having extreme stress, having a weak immune system and living with someone who has the polio virus.
STATISTICS
Around the world 2.5 billion children have been immunized
against polio. The virus can still be found in three countries those countries are Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
PUMP IT UP: GETTING RID OF IT
THE PLAN
People plan to get rid of the polio virus by giving the vaccine to children where the virus still exists.
THE PLAN TO DO SO
Organizations plan to spread the vaccine by targeted vaccination campaigns, community mobilization and stronger routine immunization efforts.
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