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Children’s book "Blinky, Less Light" ISBN 9780892254712 Dianne Odell (February 13, 1947 [ 1 ] – May 28, 2008) was a Tennessee woman who spent most of her life in an iron lung . [ 2 ] She contracted bulbospinal polio at age 3 in 1950 and was confined to an iron lung for the rest of her life.
He and his children contracted polio in 1955 during a campaign for city council. His children recovered, however Collins used a wheelchair or crutches for the rest of his life. [125] Julian Critchley: 1930–2000 Writer, broadcaster and Conservative Member of Parliament. He contracted polio in his youth and was much later affected by paralysis ...
[2] [3] He contracted polio at the age of six and was paralyzed for life, only able to move his head, neck, and mouth. [4] [5] [6] During a major U.S. outbreak of polio in the early 1950s, hundreds of children around Dallas, Texas, including Alexander, were taken to Parkland Hospital. There, children were treated in a ward of iron lungs.
The virus infects the throat and intestines, and can cause flu-like symptoms. Paralysis from the polio virus is rare. This year, polio cases have been detected in New York state, London and Jerusalem.
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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.
Cases of a polio-like condition in children, called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, may start to spike again starting this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday.