One of the most mysterious and terrible diseases of a viral origin to date is poliomyelitis. It causes curvature of bone structures and paralysis of the respiratory and other muscles, as a result of which death may occur. Usually, the disease develops in childhood, but sometimes it gets infected and adults. Symptoms of poliomyelitis develop almost the same in all age groups, but there are some differences.
Symptoms of poliomyelitis in adults
Adults suffer from poliomyelitis very rarely due to the fact that in most developed countries children are subject to mandatory vaccination, designed to prevent the development of this disease in the future. The first inoculation takes place in infancy, then the procedure is repeated 6 more times. The child receives the last vaccine at the age of 6 years, which usually provides him with resistance to the virus throughout the rest of his life. Even in case of infection, the symptoms of polio after vaccination appear in a mild form:
- general weakness;
- nausea;
- temperature increase;
- an ache in joints.
Most often the disease is so imperceptible that it can be taken for a normal ARI. Paralytic properties remain uncovered.
The situation is worse if an adult with weakened immunity or HIV infection is infected . In this case, the signs of the disease of poliomyelitis at the initial stage will be as follows:
- catarrhal discharge;
- a sharp increase in temperature;
- cramps and other symptoms of irritation of the roots of the spinal cord and spinal cord;
- headaches, insomnia;
- disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
Usually this condition lasts about 5 days and if vaccination has been carried out, most likely a recovery will occur. If the vaccination was not, or the body is too weak, the disease goes into a paralytic stage. Here are the symptoms of poliomyelitis at this stage:
- decrease in temperature;
- sharp pains in the muscles;
- paralysis and paresis of a different nature;
- decreased motor function of the joints.
Symptoms of vaccine-associated poliomyelitis and other abnormalities
Most often, infection of an adult occurs when contact with an infected child. The virus is transmitted through saliva and feces. In order to reduce the risk of infection, it is recommended that you wash your hands very carefully and do not kiss young children on the lips. It happens that after vaccination in a baby develops a vaccine-associated form of the disease, that is, the weakened organism has not coped with even a minimal amount of the virus and infection has begun. Since the incubation period of poliomyelitis is 7-14 days, parents may not know that the child has started the disease, and will be infected from it themselves. There are no signs of poliomyelitis in the first 2 weeks after infection.
One of the most frequent abnormalities is also the prolonged paralytic stage of the disease. Usually poliomyelitis at this stage progresses a half to two months. Even during this time, many joints
Fortunately, such cases are very rare, as for today the disease is diagnosed easily and with proper treatment in adults it proceeds practically without complications.