Polio by Jessica Arroyo-Lopez https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz Padlet option 2 class project en-us 2024-04-23 16:15:55 UTC 2024-04-23 18:31:04 UTC hello@padlet.com CDC on Polio jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966700417 2024-04-23 16:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966700417 What is polio? jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966730424 Polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus that affects a person's nervous system. It is extremely contagious and spreads through contact with an infected person.

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]]> 2024-04-23 16:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966730424 What is the causing agent jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966742749 Poliovirus, an enterovirus in the picornaviridae group.

]]> 2024-04-23 16:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966742749 Symptoms and Complications jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966754802

  • Symptoms:

    • Flu-like symptoms (fever, sore throat, nausea, etc..)

  • Complications

    • meningitis- an infection that affects the spinal cord and or brain

    • paralysis- inability to move parts of the body or weakness in limbs


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    • ]]>     2024-04-23 17:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966754802     Prevention jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966759492 Hygiene - washing hands often with soap and water

    • alcohol hand sanitizers are ineffective against poliovirus

    Vaccines - introduce the body to the virus and prepare it to fight off the infection

    • Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). Used in the U.S since 2000

    • Oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)


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    ]]>     2024-04-23 17:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966759492     Diagnosis jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966759695

  • Physician will go through patient histories like travel and immunization

  • Samples of stool, blood, and spinal fluid are collected and tested for the presence of the virus

  • MRI to look at the spinal cord

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    • ]]>     2024-04-23 17:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966759695     Emerging threats and Successes jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966762809 Threat

    • Still an epidemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan

    • over 20 countries have reported cVDPV outbreaks

    Success

    • Completely eradicated in the USA thanks to vaccination

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    ]]>     2024-04-23 17:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966762809     Eradicating Polio jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966763059 2024-04-23 17:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966763059 Featured scientist: Jonas Salk jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966763639 "Jonas E. Salk was an American doctor and medical researcher who developed the first successful polio vaccines"

    ]]>     2024-04-23 17:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966763639     Learn more jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966763943 2024-04-23 17:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966763943 Treatment jessarro https://padlet.com/jessarro/euj90jsspr47bczz/wish/2966764720

  • No cure

  • treatment for managing symptoms only

    • physical and/or occupational therapy for paralysis

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