Although polio is a common disease, many parents are not familiar with it. Most people think it is a genetic disease, but in fact, it is not. Polio is an infectious disease that does not appear to be hereditary. So, is polio caused by viral infection?
Polio is caused by viral infection, and the virus that causes polio is poliovirus, which belongs to the type of enterovirus. Although it manifests as neurological disorders, it reproduces and grows in the intestine. Poliovirus can be transmitted through feces and can cause movement disorders. At present, polio virus infection can be prevented through vaccines, and there have been no cases of poliomyelitis caused by poliovirus in China for a long time.
Polio is a disease that is highly prone to sequelae, and there are still patients with polio in neighboring countries such as India and Mongolia. The poliovirus may be transmitted from the outside to China. So parents should still pay attention to the polio virus. If there are children at home, timely vaccination is needed to prevent polio virus infection.
At present, there are no effective measures to treat paralysis caused by poliomyelitis, mainly symptomatic and supportive treatment. Therefore, vaccination is very important. If the child has reached the time to get vaccinated, it is necessary to take the child to get an injection in a timely manner and not miss the injection for other reasons.
