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Poliomyelitis (/ ˌ p oʊ l i oʊ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ l aɪ t ɪ s / POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. [1] Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; [5] mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe symptoms develop such as headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia.
Around age two, Little was infected with poliomyelitis which caused a deformed foot. He decided to enter the medical profession, with the intention of finding a cure for his foot. [154] [155] Elsie MacGill: 1905–1980 The first female aircraft designer in the world, MacGill was afflicted with polio at the age of 24.
Roberts contracted polio at the age of fourteen in 1953, two years before the Salk vaccine ended the epidemic. [1] He spent eighteen months in hospitals and returned home paralyzed from the neck down except for two fingers on one hand and several toes. He slept in an iron lung at night and often rested there during the day.
The virus that causes polio – a disease which had not been seen in the U.S. in nearly a decade – has recently been detected in New York City. Elaine Quijano has more.
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Ken Slater (1924–1963) – Australian rules footballer and tennis player, paralyzed in car accident. [36] Mary Lou Spiess (1931–1992) – American designer of disabled fashion, paralyzed as a result of polio. [37] Darryl Stingley (1951–2007) – American football player, paralyzed in a 1978 exhibition game. [38]
The U.S. was recently added to a list of roughly 30 countries where vaccine-derived polio is circulating. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains what vaccine-derived polio is, how this strain made it ...
In 2018, there were 33 cases of wild polio, and 103 cases of vaccine-derived polio. [5] This is down from 350,000 wild cases in 1988. [ 2 ] In 2018, the disease was only spread between people in Afghanistan and Pakistan .