Poliomyelitis

Generality

Polio, or polio, is an acute and highly contagious viral disease that can affect the nerves of the central nervous system and cause temporary or permanent paralysis.

The cause of poliomyelitis is an enterovirus called poliovirus, whose transmission between humans occurs mainly via the fecal-oral route.
For polio sufferers, the involvement of the central nervous system can have a fatal outcome; fortunately, however, this phenomenon is very rare (it affects 6% of cases), while the mild (or minor) form of the disease is much more common. , the one in which the poliovirus simply invades the intestine.
Unfortunately, there is still no specific cure for polio; patients, therefore, must wait for the pathology to take its course, relying solely on symptomatic treatments planned on the basis of the severity of the infection.
The lack of specific treatment necessarily gives an "extreme importance to prevention. Today, to prevent polio, vaccination is the most effective means of all.

What is polio?

Polio, or simply polio, is an extremely contagious and acute viral infectious disease, which can invade and damage the nerves of the central nervous system, and induce partial or total paralysis of the muscles of the body.
Polio is a life-threatening condition.