Polio: Causes and Effects on Baby

Polio is caused by a virus and it can also be called infantile paralysis, it is a contagious disease. The central nervous system is attacked and the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord that are responsible for muscle movement are injured. The legs are most often affected but it can sometimes attack the muscles that control breathing which can lead to death. A high fever, pain in the legs and headache are typically the start of polio. Often times a child cannot lift their arm or leg or other body part after three or four days. Once the disease begins it must run its course and there is no cure for polio.

The crippling effects can be minimized with proper medical treatment. Children should be admitted to the hospital if they have polio to receive treatment. Physical therapy can cure a child who has been paralyzed by the disease which can help the child learn to use certain muscles to substitute for the ones that are damaged. Reconstructive surgery on an affected limb may be needed in some cases and will often prove helpful. Other devices that might prove helpful include orthopedic devices such as braces, supports and special shoes.

The patient or carrier of polio can transmit the virus through the secretions so a child should not eat exposed food or swim in a public pool during epidemics of this disease. Giving your child an oral polio vaccine is the only way to prevent this disease.

BABY's DISEASES

Weak memory
Tonsils
Nose bleeding
Weak heart
Burning sensation while urinating
Hiccoughs
Tongue burns
Skin disease
Boils
Deep cuts and Burns
Bleeding

OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

Small pox
Chicken pox
Measles
Mumps
Diptheria
Pneumonia
Typhoid
Tetanus
Flu
Epilepsy
Asthma
Tuberculosis
Rheumatic fever
Polio
Bird fever
Meningitis
Eczema
Colic

PREGNANCY

Early pregnancy
Early pregnancy test
Early sign of pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy
Ept pregnancy test
First response pregnancy test
Hair loss after pregnancy
Home pregnancy test
Pregnancy and birth
Pregnancy calculator
Pregnancy calendar
Pregnancy diet
Pregnancy due date
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Pregnancy exercise
Pregnancy information
Pregnancy symptom
Pregnancy test
Pregnancy week
Pregnancy week by week
Sign of pregnancy
Stage of pregnancy
Teen pregnancy
Tubal pregnancy
Twin pregnancy

BABY's EMOTIONAL & PHYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

Nervous Habits
Fears
Jealousy

BABY MASSAGE

Introduction
Benefits of massage
Preparations of massage

IMPORTANT TIPS

Baby safety
Germ Free Baby
Expressing Breast milk
Hyperactive baby
Stimulate baby's sense of sight
Prevent Diaper rash
Baby sitter

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