NURSING CARE AND POLIOVIRUS VACCINATION PROTOCOL

Abstract

Polio or poliomyelitis was around since the ancient Egyptian times as a disabling and life-threatening 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. Paral-ysis 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.