Polio is an acute infectious disease. It may cause permanent damage to the gray area of spinal cord. Muscles dominated by those nerve cells will stop working, resulting in limb paralysis. Polio occurs mainly in infants and young children. Symptoms include fever, sore throat and limb pain. Some patients may have flaccid paralysis. The most serious results of polio are paralysis, difficulty breathing, and even death. Polio is preventable. Oral polio vaccine, commonly known as sugar pill, is very effective. The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a plan of action to eradicate polio in 1989.
How is Polio treated in practice?