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Diseases » Polio » Summary

What is Polio?

Contents

Polio: Introduction
Types of Polio
Prognosis
Complications
Prevalence
Other names for Polio
What causes Polio?
What are the symptoms of Polio?
Can anyone else get Polio?
How is it treated?
Society issues for Polio
Polio: Introduction

What is Polio?

Polio: Dangerous virus now rare due to vaccination.
Polio: acute infectious disease of humans, particularly children, caused by any of three serotypes of human poliovirus; infection is usually limited to the gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx, and is often asymptomatic; the central nervous system, primarily the spinal cord, may be affected, leading to rapidly progressive paralysis, coarse fasciculation and hyporeflexia; motor neurons are primarily affected and encephalitis may also occur; replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord.
Source - Diseases Database
Polio: an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
Source - WordNet 2.1

Polio is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Polio, or a subtype of Polio, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Polio as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Polio: Introduction

Types of Polio:

Types of Polio:

Paralytic poliomyelitis
Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP)
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Broader types of Polio:

How many people get Polio?

Incidence (annual) of Polio: 0 annual cases of paralytic poliomyelitis notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Incidence Rate of Polio: approx 1 in 0 or 0.00% or 0 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Polio?

Complications of Polio: see complications of Polio
Deaths for Polio: 0 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

What causes Polio?

Causes of Polio: see causes of Polio
Risk factors for Polio: see risk factors for Polio

What are the symptoms of Polio?

Symptoms of Polio: see symptoms of Polio

Complications of Polio: see complications of Polio

Polio: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Polio.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Polio.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Polio: see treatments for Polio
Prevention of Polio: see prevention of Polio
Research for Polio: see research for Polio

Society issues for Polio

Hospitalization statistics for Polio: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Polio:

0.0001% (12) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute poliomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital consultant episodes for acute poliomyelitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospital consultant episodes for acute poliomyelitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
58% of hospital consultant episodes for acute poliomyelitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45% of hospital consultant episodes for acute poliomyelitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute poliomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for acute poliomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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