Infantile Paralysis
Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route.
Infantile Paralysis
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Poliovirus infection (Poliomyelitis, Infantile paralysis)
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Alternate Names : Polio, Infantile paralysis, Post-polio syndrome
Definition
Poliomyelitis is a viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis.
infantile paralysis
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Infantile paralysis (polio): Infantile paralysis is an old synonym for poliomyelitis, an acute and sometimes devastating viral disease. Man is the only natural host for poliovirus.
Infantile paralysis often commences suddenly, and the paralysis may not be observed until a few days have elapsed; the earliest symptoms noticeable are fever, convulsions and sometimes vomiting; and, if the child is old enough, ...
Infantile Paralysis
Old synonym for polio. [CancerWEB].
Example from a 1928 death certificate from New Brunswick, Canada: ...
Polio; Infantile paralysis
Symptoms:
There are three basic patterns of polio infection: subclinical infections, nonparalytic, and paralytic. Approximately 95% of infections are subclinical infections, which may not have symptoms.
Polio; Infantile paralysis; Post-polio syndrome
Causes, incidence, and risk factors ...
Polio or Infantile Paralysis used to be an extremely serious and prevalent disease in all parts of the world.
-As infantile paralysis is not a fatal form of illness, our chief anxiety must be to estimate the chances of complete recovery in the par alysed muscles.
Poliomyelitis (Infantile paralysis)
This is the full name for the disease known as "polio", A viral infection causing damage to nerves in the spinal cord resulting in paralysis, weakness and wasting of muscle groups
Polyarthritis ...
Poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, is a highly infectious disease caused by three serotypes of polioviruses. These viruses belong to the Enterovirsus genus of the family Picornaviridae.
(p´´lm´´l´ts), polio, or infantile paralysis, acute viral infection, mainly of children but also affecting older persons.
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The greatest incidence of the disease, also known as infantile paralysis, is in children between the ages of 5 and 10 years.
Acute Poliomyelitis, Unspecified; Infantile Paralysis Unspecified Whether Paralytic or Nonparalytic; Poliomyelitis (Acute) Unspecified Whether Paralytic or Nonparalytic; Anterior Unspecified whether Paralytic or Nonparalytic
Definition ...
Infantile Paralysis see Poliomyelitis
Infantile Spasms see West syndrome
Inflamatory Bowel disease see Chrohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Inherited Metabolic diseases
Insulin Dependence see Diabetes Mellitus ...
The major illness is called acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis and Heine Medin disease. The disease is now largely controlled by vaccines.
Origin: Gr. Myelos = marrow ...
During the first half of the 20th century, no illness inspired more dread and panic in the United States than did polio. Sometimes called infantile paralysis, polio struck in the U.S. every summer and fall with virulent epidemics.
Polio has been called many different names, including infantile paralysis, debility of the lower extremities, and spinal paralytic paralysis.
POLIO (Poliomyelitis, Infantile Paralysis)
SYMPTOMS"Fever, nausea, diarrhea, headache, and irritability.
Spina bifida, the most common cause of infantile paralysis, is characterized by a lack of protection of the spinal cord by its membranes and vertebral bones.
Infantile Gaucher Disaese - Gaucher Disease
Infantile Marfan Syndrome - Marfan Syndrome
Infantile Paralysis - Poliomyelitis
Infants and Pacifiers
Infected Abortion - Septic Abortion
Infected Cyst - Furuncle ...
 See also: Paralysis, Polio, Myelitis, Poliomyelitis, Viral
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