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Beginning Of The End Polio Vaccine
730 wordsBefore the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, polio was a serious infection that affected the central nervous system; however with proper vaccinations it can be eradicated in the United States today. There are different kinds of polio. They include spinal polio, non-paralytic form, and paralytic polio. Spinal polio is the most common form that occurs when polio viruses attack nerve cells and control the muscles of the legs, arms, trunk, diaphragm, abdomen, and pelvis. Stiffness in the n...
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Central Nervous System Salk Vaccine
360 wordsPOLIOMYELITIS- an infectious virus of the central nervous system. SYMPTOMS- FATIGUE, HEADACHE, FEVER, SORE THROAT, MUSCLE PAIN, VOMITING, CONSTIPATION, STIFFNESS OF NECK (MENINGITIS), MUSCLE PARALYSIS, AFFECTED- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, NERVE TISSUE (MOTOR NEURONS), BRAIN, LEGS, ARMS, MUSCLES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, STOMACH & THROAT (THE VIRUS ENTRY - Polio is excreted in feces and spreads in contaminated water, food, hands and eating utensils to unaffected patients. The virus enters its victims in ...
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Viral Dna Infectious Disease
817 wordsPolio is an infectious disease that has haunted the lives of many for over 3, 000 years. The first record of Poliomyelitis in the human body dates back to ancient Egypt where inhabitants of the area engraved a documented version of paralytic Poliomyelitis into stone. When indoor plumbing came into use, in the 20 th century, and sewage systems began to develop into complicated public works where waste was dumped into towns' water supplies; that is when Poliomyelitis began to spread. The disease c...
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Cerebrospinal Fluid
1,099 wordsMeningitis Meningitis (or cerebrospinal meningitis) is the inflammation or infection of the tissues (dura mater of brain or spinal cord, pia mater of brain, cranial arachnoid or arachnoid of spinal cord) that cover spinal cord and the brain. Consequently, different types of microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, funds, etc) can cause meningitis. Infectiologists consider that under certain circumstances any microorganism can cause meningitis at any person of any age. However, infants and children up ...
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Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine
731 wordsDr. Jonas Edward Salk was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City. He laid the structure for our understanding of advanced study of disease and medicine. Jonas Salk was the oldest son in his family. His parents, even though they didnt have any primary education, were determined to make their children succeed in the society. They encouraged their children to study hard and helped them when they fell. Jonas Salk was the first member of his family to go to college. He earned money from working af...
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Central Nervous System Nerve Cells
433 wordsPoliomyelitis, infectious virus disease of the central nervous system, sometimes resulting in paralysis. The greatest incidence of the disease, also known as infantile paralysis, is in children between the ages of five and ten years. The disease was described in 1840 by the German orthopedist Jacob von Heine. In its clinical form it is more prevalent in temperate zones. Symptoms The virus usually enters the body through the alimentary tract and spreads along nerve cells to affect various parts o...
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Spinal Cord Muscle Weakness
1,033 wordsMornings bring pain, not particular to its domain, when we should be refreshed and strong. If there is a trick up it s sleeve, it s in mid morning and we think, for the thousandth time, it went away. It comes to catch us again, with a mid-afternoon wave of fatigue, so overwhelming the world isn t real. The struggle is enormous. This has to be the worse time. When hope and excitement of genius ideas reach their peak, to be brought down by a ghastly thing, no hopes can overcome. We must sleep, whe...
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