Friday, June 6, 2014

POLIO is Deadly Disease


Have you ever heard the deadly diseases like polio? Polio is deadly disease that has been popular in the whole world. Polio has caused sporadic paralysis and death for much of human. Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease caused by a virus that spreads from person to person which entering through the mouth and multiplies inside the throat and intestines. The initial symptoms include fever, fatigue, headaches, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, stiffness in the neck, and pain in the limbs. The virus persists in the throat for about a week, and it may be excreted—still infectious—in the feces for many weeks.
Polio can strike at any age, but affects mainly children under three years. Patients are most infectious from 7 to 10 days before and after the onset of symptoms, but remain contagious as long as the virus is present in the throat and feces. Unfortunately, there are no effective drugs to treat polio. Because polio has no cure, vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and the only way to stop the disease from spreading. So, with living healthy is a great way to prevent to any diseases especially deadly diseases.

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