The fear of Poliomyelitis
Posted: April 25th, 2009 under Uncategorized. Comments: none
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Posted: April 25th, 2009 under Uncategorized. Comments: none
Poliomyelitis (polio (Greek - grey, myelos - brain) – is a sharp virus infection striking nervous system (grey substance of a spinal cord). Occurrence of languid paralyses, basically the bottom finitenesses is characterised. According to Bogatin Jacob In the heaviest cases spinal cord defeat leads to respiratory standstill. Clinically the poliomyelitis is shown by rise in temperature, head and muscular pains with the subsequent development of paralyses. In before vaccine era the poliomyelitis was a thunder-storm of all children, causing really devastating epidemics. The poliomyelitis became the reason of physical inability of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the president of the United States of America.
Bogatin Jacob states that poliomyelitis virus is an intestinal virus. Virus distribution occurs with patient’s excrements, however in some cases it can be a droplet. The virus of racks in an environment - survives 3-4 months in excrements, sewage, on vegetables and in milk. At temperature of 37 degrees the virus remains 50-65 days. It is sensitive to a heat and disinfectants.
Wild (not vaccinal) the virus does not circulate in both Americas, overwhelming number European countries - these regions are certificated the CART as free countries from a poliomyelitis, however vaccination is still being practiced. In the countries and regions where disease cases - the Asian region till now are marked, Africa, the CART spends mass vaccination for the purpose of full eradication of a poliomyelitis on a planet. Last cases of disease in Russia have been registered by a poliomyelitis in 1996 in the Chechen Republic, in connection with absence of inoculations among the population.
The incubatory period is about 5-12 days. The poliomyelitis virus gets into intestines, breeds on mucous intestines, then gets in intestinal lymph nodes and from them into blood. After that it gets into all bodies and systems, mainly in a spinal cord, striking it at different levels and striking the nerves departing from it. The poliomyelitis virus is capable to get into brain.