Prevent Children from The Polio

Polio is very dangerous disease and there is no cure for polio, only treatment to alleviate the

symptoms. Heat and physical therapy is used to stimulate the muscles and antispasmodic drugs are given to relax the muscles. While this can improve mobility, it cannot reverse permanent polio paralysis. Polio can be prevented through immunization. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life. Although improved public sanitation and careful personal hygiene may help reduce the spread of polio, the most effective way to prevent the disease is with polio vaccine. IPV can cause an allergic reaction in some people. Because the vaccine contains trace amounts of the antibiotics streptomycin, polymeric B and neomycin, it shouldn't be given to anyone who's had a reaction to these medications. Signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction usually occur within minutes to a few hours after the shot and may include Difficulty breathing, Weakness, Hoarseness or wheezing, rapid heart rate, Hives, Dizziness, Unusual paleness and Swelling of the throat. If you or your child experiences an allergic reaction after any shot, get medical help immediately. It is a serious disease affecting a person’s brain and spinal cord. Infection with the poliovirus can lead to a life-threatening muscular paralysis of the body. In the last 20 years the number of polio cases around the world has reduced. This is largely due to global vaccination programs that aim to immunize people against the poliovirus. Countries such as North and South America, the western Pacific region including Australia, and Europe are now all polio free, however cases are still being reported in some parts of Asia and Africa. Polio is an illness that causes sudden weakness/lameness of the limbs and sometimes death in children. The polio virus can be passed easily from one person to another. The polio virus affects mostly children below 5 years. Polio can be prevented by immunization with polio drops at birth, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14 weeks, 18 months and 5 years of age. There is currently no cure for post-polio syndrome, so treatment focuses on helping you manage your symptoms and improving your quality of life. People with PPS are often treated by a team of different healthcare professionals working together. This is known as a multidisciplinary team. An effective way to manage fatigue and pain is a type of physical therapy known as pacing. This involves recognizing when you become exhausted doing certain activities and learning to stop and rest before you reach that point again. Activities are therefore broken up into smaller ones with rests in between. By stopping before you are tired, you may be able to accomplish more activities over the space of a day than if you tried to do things without taking a break. While pain and fatigue can often be reduced using pacing, various medications to help relieve pain are available if you need them. These include over-the-counter painkillers. Over the counter, OTC, remedies should not be used on a long-term basis without discussion with your GP. This is because some of them can cause complications, such as stomach ulcers, if taken over long periods. In a pilot study of post polio syndrome ,PPS, patients, a multidisciplinary rehabilitation approach involving tailored physiotherapy exercises has shown to have significant benefit on muscle endurance, exertion, and depression levels for up to 6 months. The basic management principles for individuals with PPS include energy conservation and pacing one's activities. Although basic, these activity modifications may be difficult for some patients to accept. Psychological interventions, such as cognitive behavior therapy, may also be initiated to help reduce fatigue. Certain psychological issues have been studied in relation to post polio syndrome. Most studies reveal that depression is not related to post polio syndrome symptommatology or to the level of residual physical disability. Type A behavior is significantly higher in the polio population than in a control population. Overall, normal psychological and emotional functioning has been found in patients with post polio syndrome compared with controls. Before looking at a scooter or power chair, and other mobility devices, such as canes, walkers and crutches, should be considered for effectiveness first. Choosing between a scooter and power chair requires special considerations. When I choose between a scooter vs. a power chair, you have to look at the posture of the individual and if they're able to get out of it for long periods of time or not. Because if someone's able to get up and move around let's say, on Lofstrand crutches or whatever a scooter might be fine. But if someone is unable to be ambulatory, many times a power chair has better posture for full time positioning and greater options.