Polio And Post Polio

Question 1

Polio is not contagious. T/f?

Answer 1

False. It is extremely contagious

Question 2

How do you get immunity to polio?

Answer 2

Having an attack previously

Question 3

How does polio gain access to body?

Answer 3

Nasopharynx

Question 4

What inventions came out of polio outbreak?

Answer 4

2 vaccines
Iron lung
Paediatric medicine

Question 5

What is the most serious form of polio? Manifestation?

Answer 5

Polio encephalitis (bulbar polio) 
Paralysis of mm of larynx and pharynx

Question 6

Why is polio the disease of the upper class?

Answer 6

Sanitation meant children did not get exposed to it until later age when the virus affected them more seriously

Question 7

Name the stages of polio

Answer 7

Incubation
Onset
Paralytic

Question 8

Explain the incubation stage

Answer 8

7-14 days
Contagious
Carriers
Time of infection till when symptoms start

Question 9

Explain the onset stage

Answer 9

2 days
Flu symptoms
No tx available

Question 10

Explain paralytic stage

Answer 10

2-5 weeks

Rapid development of paralysis

Question 11

What are the most commonly affected mm in polio?

Answer 11

Tib ant
Perineals 
Quads
Glutes
Deltoid

Question 12

Is the paralysis caused by polio motor or sensory or both?

Answer 12

Motor only

Question 13

What is post polio syndrome?

Answer 13

Any horn cells that recover from infection and create new nerve connections but they become overtaxed over the years

Question 14

What is the medical tx for polio?

Answer 14

Immunization: prevention
2 vaccines
IPV (inactivated) and OPV (oral)

If infected then analgesics and antipyretic

Question 15

How long is polio a CI for?

Answer 15

6 weeks due to inflamm

Question 16

What is the hydro prescribed for polio?

Answer 16

Moist heat, whirlpool, Epsom salt baths

Question 17

What must you never do with a polio patient?

Answer 17

Place them on flaccid/ paralyzed tissue

Question 18

What is remex for polio?

Answer 18

Passive relaxed RoM but don’t stretch flaccid tissue
Swimming
Horseback riding

Question 19

Post polio syndrome is a resurgence of the disease. T/f?

Answer 19

False. It is a part of the aging combined with long term over stress of motor neurons

Question 20

Post polio like cold. T/f?

Answer 20

False. They have an intolerance to cold

Question 21

Define polio. What does poliomyelitis mean?

Answer 21

Acute viral infection, targets intestinal mucosa and ant horn cells/ grey matter
Polyiomyelitis= inflamm and damage to grey matter of spinal cord