Polio Research Paper

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, and even death. The condition’s official name now is ‘Acute Flaccid Paralysis’ but it was once known as ‘infantile paralysis’/ ‘poliomyelitis’ (polio for short). Some people called it ‘the crippler’. Before the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, polio was a serious infection that affected the central nervous system. There are different kinds of polio. They include spinal polio, non-paralytic form, and paralytic polio. Paralytic polio also may be classified as Spinal, Bulbar, or Bulbospinal polio.
Spinal polio is the most common form that occurs when polioviruses attack nerve cells and control the muscles of the legs, arms, trunk, diaphragm, abdomen, and pelvis. Stiffness in the neck and back also may develop. Non-paralytic form of polio has many symptoms. It is accompanied by nausea, headache, sore throat, back pain, neck pain, and stiffness. There are changes in reflex and elevated spinal fluid count. About sixty-five percent of known cases during the outbreak of polio were non-paralytic. Paralytic polio only has a few minor symptoms, but it has a weakness in
The polio vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life. There are two vaccines: the oral polio vaccine (OPV) and the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). Only IPV has been used in the United States since 2000; OPV is still used throughout much of the world. Albert Sabin invented the oral polio vaccine in 1961. It is a weakened, live virus, which can be taken orally. Dr. Jonas Salk developed inactivated polio vaccine in 1955. It consists of inactivated (killed) poliovirus strains of all three poliovirus types. These vaccines produce antibodies in the blood to fight the