People infected with poliovirus may not even notice it.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Polio is an infectious disease that can have severe consequences including nerve damage, paralysis and even death. But most of the people who are infected poliovirus didn’t even notice.
Often people may only see signs of the disease experienced years later. with case polio spreading in the UK for the first time in 40 years, experts are advising people to make sure their polio vaccinations are up to date aka up to date and watch out for symptoms.
There are two types of polio that cause different symptoms in the body, namely: polio non paralitik and paralytic. According to the Mayo Clinic, non-paralytic polio usually causes the same mild flu-like signs and symptoms as other viral illnesses. Signs and symptoms that can last up to 10 days include:
– Fever
– Sore throat
– Headache
– Vomiting
– Fatigue
– Back pain or stiffness
– Neck pain or stiffness
– Pain or stiffness in the arms or legs
– Muscle weakness or pain
Quoted from the page Express.co.uk, Monday (27/6/2022), the Mayo Clinic explained that paralytic polio is “rare”. Early signs and symptoms paralytic polio aka polio that causes paralysis, such as fever and headache, is often similar to nonparalytic polio.
However, within a week, other signs and symptoms will appear, namely:
– Loss of reflex
– Severe muscle pain or weakness
– Paralyzed (paralisis flaccid)
– But there are also symptoms that can affect people years after suffering from the disease.
