Abstract

POLIOMYELITIS AN ENDEMIC DISEASE; A LITERATURE

Ankita Tripathi*, Vimal Dutt, Akanksha Pandey, Bharti Chauhan and Neha Priya

ABSTRACT

A Picornaviridae family virus, which causes poliomyelitis, is extremely contagious. The clinical characteristics range widely, from mild cases of gastroenteritis, malaise, and respiratory illness to severe forms of paralysis. These have been divided into four groups: aseptic meningitis (nonparalytic poliomyelitis), mild illness (abortive poliomyelitis), and paralytic poliomyelitis. Thousands of lives have been affected worldwide by the crippling deformities that have been linked to this disease. The genomic structure of the virus and its pathogenesis could only be understood thanks to the persistence and tenacity of great scientists in the 1900s. The invention of the oral polio vaccine (OPV) and the inactivated polio vaccine by Salk and Sabin signalled the beginning of a scientific revolution. A multidisciplinary and multi-professional approach should be used for post-polio syndrome patients' rehabilitation, with a focus on physiotherapy, including increased or specially modified physical activity, and muscle training. Polio must be completely eradicated or there will always be a risk of an outbreak. Today, every government in the world is working together with the WHO to eradicate poliomyelitis, and when this goal is reached, it will open the door for the eventual eradication of other infections.

Keywords: Poliomyelitis, Immunity, Vaccine, Herbal medicine, Immunization, Polio Eradication.