Polio

Question 1

What causes it

Answer 1

Polio virus

Question 2

Who gets it

Answer 2

Anyone that comes in contact

But 72% of children under 5 clear it and never have symptoms
25% have symptoms no worse than the flu
3% have severe neurological symptoms

Question 3

How does it spread

Answer 3

Fecal-oral route

Question 4

What are the symptoms and stages

Answer 4

Enters orally and then replication takes place in the ileum and when the virus infects the cells in the payers patches (dendritic cells and macrophages) by the CD155 receptor
Once enters the blood it causes viremia, and then can enter the spinal cord and infects neurons specifically motor neurons. Once the myelin sheath is inflamed there are neurological conditions that effect muscle movement causing paralysis

Question 5

How do we treat it

Answer 5

No treatment or cure
Bed rest
Pain relievers
Portable ventilators

Question 6

How do we prevent it

Answer 6

Vaccines

Question 7

3 historial facts

Answer 7

They used an iron lung to treat it back in the day
The excesivo use of bleach aided to the rise of polio
5-10% of the 3% die from polio