Polio is a very contagious virus that can cause paralysis and even death. Thanks to the efficiency of the vaccine police, the virus was eliminated in the United States.
However, that the passenger is possible to reinstate the virus, which is extremely contagious, so that during vaccination are important for maintaining immunity herds. (HERD immunity occurs when the community becomes immune to illness, limiting its expansion.)
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In the USA, the vaccine was given to children in a series of four shots.
What are the benefits of the vaccine police?
The hoof vaccine protects against politicalia (polio), very infectious diseases caused by a virus that incurs the nervous system. There is no medicine for the police.
In the 1940s, polio broke out polio in the amount of 35,000 people a year. In the early 1950s – before the vaccine was introduced in 1955. years – Polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis each year.
“Polio used to be one of the scariest diseases in the United States,” he says Disease control and prevention centersOpens a new window (CDC).
Toward American Academy of PediatricsOpens a new windowA person with a polio is the most urged week to 10 days before they get symptoms, and others can infect another week to 10 days after they became symptomatic.
Most people who get infected has no symptoms (but are still contagious). Children who have symptoms can have low fever, sore throat, fatigue, headache, stomachache, nausea and pain or stiffness in the neck, legs and back.
Rare, but serious symptoms include parestses (needles and needle sensations), meningitis (brain infection and / or spinal cord) and weakness or paralysis. Paralysis results in severe muscle pain. Meningitis occurs in 1 to 5 of 100 people who are infected with the poly, and weakness or paralysis (which can be fatal) occur in about 1 of 200 to 2,000 people, depending on the virus (there are three polyovirus types).
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Polio can also cause serious problems of the year after contracting the disease. According to the CDC, between 25% and 40% of the people who had polio development polio poliol (PPS) 15 to 40 years later. PPS may cause muscle weakness, fatigue and joint pain.
Why do we still need to vaccinate children against polio?
It is true that polio was eliminated from the western hemisphere. Since 1979 there has been no case that naturally originates in the United States.
However, Polio still exists in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and many other countries were erased with variants in oral vaccine (used by a living, weakened virus form) in areas where immunization rates are low. Thus, unercised passengers could contract the disease and / or return polio into this country.
For example, in 2005. years of a unimunized American adult that traveled to Central America agreed polio. Experts believe that he got him from a baby in the host family who recently received a verbal polio vaccine (OPV).
And 2022. in New Yorkia was diagnosed by a non-cylinder man in New York. Based on the stress of the virus, it is believed to have contracted polio from the person who had the OPV. This suggests that the virus was created at the site outside the US where the OPV still applies.
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“Since the polio is eradicated from the United States, some may think that the vaccine is no longer necessary. However, it is the opposite,” says Chandani Dezure, MD, Pediatric Hospitalist in Palo Alto, California and a member of the Medical Advisory Board. “It shows a huge benefit of a successful vaccine if everyone gets them. It is the benefit of the herd of immunity.”
“In fact,” Dr. Dezure adds “polio as a disease is not that it is far away. Our grandparents are probably quite familiar with iron iron.
Good news? Health officials still believe that the vaccine polio can eliminate illness on a global level within ten years.
Is the vaccine with a polio given orally or as a shot?
All four doses of inactivated polioccins (IPV) are given injecting into the leg. Sometimes you are given in the same cake with DTAP, hepatitis B or hib vaccines.
Other type of vaccine – oral vaccine (OPV), which is made of mercury, weakened virus versions – not used in the US since 2000. years. Unfortunately, he had very rarely, but for 2.4 million people who receive the OPV, Live, the weakened virus replicates and causes paralysis. (The recording cannot cause paralysis because it contains a virus that is killed and cannot be replicated.) Deciding that the risk of giving this vaccine is too large, in the vaccine schedule.
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The OPV is still used in many other countries because it allows health officials to manage it quickly, easily, even less and less, providing protection for more people.
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Recommended number of dose
For the best protection, your child should receive four dose vaccines about Polio. Typically vaccines will give as part of the child’s check. Ideally, your child needs to receive polyor vaccines in the following years:
Recommended century
- In 2 months
- In 4 months
- Between 6 and 18 months
- Between 4 and 6 years
The two doses of vaccines provide at least 90% of virus protection, and three dose provide at least 99% protection.
If your child is not completely vaccinated and will travel to the county in which there is a risk of a polio infection, talk to your doctor about accelerating their vaccination schedule.
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If your child behind their polio vaccine – or any of their shots – talk to your OA doctor Reach the immunization scheduleOpens a new window.
Learn more about other vaccines recommended for babies and children.
Polio side effect vaccines
Side effects of the vaccine police may include some of the standard side effects of the vaccine, such as:
- Mild fever
- Pain or redness at injection site
- Reduced appetite
- Drowsiness
- Kind / irritability
- Headache
- Vomit
If your child is uncomfortable, ask their health care provider to give them an appropriate dose of acetaminophen or ibuprofen. If your child has a painful leg, a hot cloth or heating pad at the injection site can help you.
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Heavy allergic reactions are rare, but possible with any vaccine. Here’s how to say whether your child has an unfavorable reaction – and what to do.
If your child has an unwanted reaction to this or any other vaccine, talk to your child’s doctor and report it to Vaccine unfavorable reporting systemOpens a new window.
Who shouldn’t get a shock vaccine
If your child is sick, talk to your doctor about vaccine time. In case of a cold or other mild illness, it is probably okay to progress with the vaccine. But if they are sick – with vomiting or diarrhea, for example – then the doctor can recommend waiting until your child is good for vaccine.
Learn the risks of delaying vaccination until your child is older.
Also check with your child’s health care service if your child had a strong allergic reaction to the police dose (or any of his ingredients) in the past or if your child has serious, threatening allergies.
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Key writing
- While polio was eliminated in the United States, it is still important that your child is vaccinated because polio still occurs in other parts of the world and could be transferred through travel.
- Vaccina Polio was given in two months, 4 months, between 6 and 18 months, and between 4 and 6 years.
- The recording is given injecting into the leg and can be given at the same time as the other vaccine.