Post-polio syndrome

Poliomyelitis (more commonly known as polio) is a highly infectious disease, in which it affect the cells in the central nervous system (CNS). It mainly affect young children, mostly under the age of 5. Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries which have polio present within the population. Polio virus is most commonly found in area with low standards of sanitation. It spreads through faecal-oral transmission or through contaminated food and water. The polio virus works by replicating the motor

Robin Howard in Poliomyelitis and the Postpolio Syndrome (2005), the World Health Organization (WHO) discussed a significant drop in polio cases between 1988 and 2003 due to increased immunizations. WHO identified that although there was a drop from 350,000 to 900 cases worldwide, polio is still considered an epidemic in six third world countries. While its important to understand polio and its initial symptoms its equally important to understand that polio survivors may develop significant symptoms decades

difficult. Muscle atrophy puts this patient population at a greater risk for nerve injuries because of the bony prominences and decreased muscle protecting the nerves. Paying particular attention to the patient’s mobility limitations will help decrease post operative discomfort by positioning them appropriately. In general anesthesia providers prevent hypothermia by actively warming all their patients. Identification of why PPS patients develop cold intolerance is still a question. McGoldrick (2015)

know that polio has been traced from about 6,000 years ago. Polio killed 3,145 in 1952. Polio is a small RNA virus that lives in your throat. Polio is a viral illness that can cause nerve damage and cause paralysis. A polio like sickness has recently been found in California in 2013. Polio has caused many deaths and paralysis in human history. Polio has been a problem for the world for a long time and man businesses are trying to get rid of it for good. The real name of the polio virus is the

well as bilateral leg edema. The patient's medical history is significant for afib, coronary disease, congestive heart for diabetes mellitus, GERD, thyroid disease, sick sinus syndrome with permanent pacemaker. She has undergone CABG, nausea, profound vascular disease, anemia, severe gastroparesis, as well as having had polio, she presents with profound weakness and she is essentially bedbound.

Introduction Poliomyelitis, commonly known as “Polio”, is an acute motor disease caused by the poliovirus that targets the anterior horn cells of the human spinal cord, and in severe cases results in acute flaccid paralysis (Alberta Health and Wellness, 2011), which can progress to permanent paralysis. It mainly affects children under the age of five, although individuals of any age may contract it (World Health Organization, 2013 [C]). Historical outbreaks, most prominently the 1916 and 1952 epidemics

Treatment Plan Renee Craft for Professor Dorean Bare SWK 613: Advanced Multi-Dimensional Assessment (Micro) MSW T-03A Metro Toledo October 15, 2014   Biopsychosocial Assessment Identifying Information Ann Sims is self-referred 50 year old, single Caucasian female with three adult children, never married, and seeking treatment for depressed mood of feeling worthless. Present Psychiatric Illness/Symptoms Ms. Sims requested treatment for depressed mood. She reached out to the outpatient

has been around for a long time but the first clinical description of the disease was in 1789, by an English physician named Michael Underwood. The death-to-case ratio is 2%-5% in children and 15%-30% for adults. Even though the number of deaths of Polio have come to a screeching halt 3,145 people died in 1952 due to the worst outbreak in the United States’s history. Poliomyelitis poses a minimal yet dangerous threat to humanity. Researchers and scientists have been largely successful in finding a

epidemiology of the disease evolved, poliomyelitis, polio for short, evolved from a disease of poor immigrants, living in crowded, filthy conditions to an affliction that struck across the social strata affecting the middle and upper classes. Pervasive fear of polio and its consequences coupled with the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s, public struggle with the disease and its complications propelled the fight against polio and its associated disabilities to the national forefront

“ I got it [polio] when I was a little girl. My parents watch as I slowed down and my hand stopped working. We couldn’t afford the surgery to fix it, but I finally better. But my hand is a constant remember, but I refuse to let it stop me.”(6) Poliomyelitis, deriving from Greek meaning grey and marrow. Which more than likely refers to the spinal cord, along with the suffix –itis or inflammation.(4) For a time, Poliomyelitis was once was called infantile paralysis because of its primary effects on