my question is is there any treatment for polio. Is it a permanent disability.?

Answer 1

There is a Vaccine to prevent Polio, however if you contract the disease, the damage is permanent, only physical therapy to regain use of limbs.

This is a disease that should never afflict anyone.
A parent who does not get a child vaccinated against polio should be imprisoned.

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Answer 2

There is no treatment for polio. A polio patient must receive expert medical care, especially at the beginning of the illness.

Symptoms usually start 7 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Infected persons are most contagious from a few days before to a few days after the start of symptoms. However, persons with polio can spread the infection for as long as the virus is in their throat or stool. The virus can be found in the throat for about 1 week after infection and in the stool for 6 weeks or longer.

Answer 3

I'm guessing you are not in the USA. There is a vaccine for polio; it's purpose is to prevent polio, which it does. If you have already come down with polio, vaccine will not cure it. Polio, as others have pointed out, is a disease of the muscles and can happen in greatly varying degrees. One end of the scale includes needing mechanical assistance to even breathe. President FDR got it as a young man and put him in a wheel chair. He was still able to become one of the greatest presidents in spite of that. Good luck, best wishes.

Answer 4

polio CAN be treated, but can come back as post polio syndrome later years of your life. It permanently weakens muscles, and the heart is a muscle, can cause mitral valve prolapse. Polio is a disease of the past for the most part.

Answer 5

Poliomyelitis

Alternative Names:
Polio; Infantile paralysis
Treatment:
The goal of treatment is to control symptoms while the infection runs its course.

Lifesaving measures, particularly assistance with breathing, may be necessary in severe cases.

Symptoms are treated according to their presence and severity. Antibiotics may be used to treat urinary tract infections. Medications, such as bethanechol, may reduce urinary retention. Pain killers are used to reduce headache, muscle pain, and spasms. Narcotics are not usually given because they increase the risk of breathing difficulty.

Moist heat (heating pads, warm towels, etc.) may reduce muscle pain and spasm.

Activity is limited only by the extent of discomfort and the extent of muscle weakness. Physical therapy, braces or corrective shoes, orthopedic surgery, or similar interventions may eventually be necessary to maximize recovery of muscle strength and function.

Expectations (prognosis):

The outcome varies with the form (subclinical, nonparalytic, or paralytic) and the site affected. If the spinal cord and brain are not affected, which is the case over 90% of the time, complete recovery is likely.

Brain or spinal cord involvement is a medical emergency that may result in paralysis or death (usually from respiratory difficulties).

Disability is more common than death. Lesions high in the spinal cord or in the brain are associated with greater risk for respiratory difficulty.

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Answer 6

There is a shot for polio. If you get it it cannot be reversed.

Answer 7

There are comfort measures to be taken but nothing that reverses the disease. Surviving patients, however, have been known to recover partial or full movement in some instances.