Polio – Symptoms, Causes, Risk Factors and Prevention

Polio is also known poliomyelitis is caused by poliovirus which can be deadly. People of any age can get polio but Children younger than 5 are more likely than any other group to contract the virus. It can spread easily from person to person. One in three hundred polio infections will result in permanent paralysis according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Polio can strike your spinal cord and brain in its serious form and cause paralysis. Symptoms Although polio can cause paralysis and death, most people infected with the…

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