Nursing Care and Poliovirus Vaccination Protocol

Abstract

Polio or poliomyelitis was around since the ancient Egyptian times as a disabling and lifethreatening disease caused by the poliovirus, which is very contagious and spreads from person-to-person contact. About 25% with poliovirus infection will have flu-like symptoms including sore throat, fever, tiredness, nausea, headache, and stomach pain, usually last 2 to 5 days that went away on their own. The non-polio enteroviruses that cause meningitis are transmitted fecal-orally, which live in human gastro-intestinal tract, and are shed in the feces as very stable in the environment and can live outside human body for days. There is no cure for polio. Paralysis is the most severe symptom associated with poliovirus because it can lead to permanent disability and death. Polio vaccine is the best way to protect against polio.