Polio Lifelong Disability

 

Polio Lifelong Disability

A one-and-a-half-year-old baby is lying on his mother's lap with a yellowish tinge. His frail mother looks as if she has been crying for hours and praying for the recovery of her young child. This first child of the mother is suffering from high fever, vomiting and unusual stiffness or stiffness in the neck. The father of this child is running around in a government hospital.

He is impatiently asking the paramedical staff, he does not get any satisfactory answer from the doctor's room. Looking at the result of his child, the doctor tells him that his child has contracted polio. He has traveled far and wide with his wife and children. He does not know anything about polio.

After questioning the doctor, she admitted that her son had never been vaccinated against polio.

To eradicate polio, children under the age of five must be vaccinated to protect them from the deadly disease. The polio campaign in Pakistan has been facing many difficulties for many years. Some parents in the country do not even vaccinate their children due to various concerns. In fact, the basis of the concerns is the misinformation spread against this campaign.

Are there any side effects of polio vaccine?

The polio vaccine is being used to protect children around the world from polio. It has saved at least eight million children from becoming permanently disabled.

Is it safe to vaccinate children repeatedly?

Yes, it is safe to give polio drops to children multiple times.

The vaccine is designed to be administered multiple times to ensure complete protection. Each additional dose further strengthens the child's immune system against polio. After a four-month suspension of polio vaccine activities due to the coronavirus, it was decided to resume on a small scale from July 20. According to the report, door-to-door campaigns in selected districts will also be used to raise awareness about code 19 prevention measures and prenatal care services for mothers and children.

What is polio?

Poliomyelitis (polio) is an epidemic (rapidly spreading) disease caused by the polio virus, it attacks the nervous system and can be caused by muscle weakness in the legs and other parts of the body or In some cases it can cause death in just a few hours.

How is polio transmitted?

The polio virus is present in water or food contaminated with the feces of an infected person and can enter the body of healthy people through the mouth. The number of the virus multiplies in the body and the body of the infected person. Emanates from places where it easily enters another human body.

Is anyone at high risk of getting polio?

Although this risk is present for everyone, polio mostly affects children under the age of five who have not been vaccinated against polio. Two drops of oral polio vaccine (OPV) to children. Door-to-door campaigns are conducted to reach out to every child so that no child is deprived of two drops of polio vaccine and to be protected against polio.