How to treat poliomyelitis

Update Date: 2022-05-22 Source: Network

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Polio is an acute disease caused by poliovirus. There are three types of virus, i.e. 1,2,3. The incubation period is from five to thirty-five days, but usually seven to fourteen days, especially in cases with paralysis. The patient may have mild symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation. A small number of patients will have muscle pain and weakness in the muscles of the limbs and face. Both respiratory and eating functions may be affected and life-threatening. Polio is commonly known as polio. Now I will introduce how to treat polio

How to treat poliomyelitis

Children should be isolated for at least 40 days from the date of onset. In the first week, the respiratory tract and intestinal tract should be isolated at the same time, the excreta should be disinfected, the tableware should be soaked in the appropriate bleach clear liquid or boiled for disinfection, or exposed to sunlight for two days, the ground should be disinfected with lime water, and the susceptible people who have close contact should be isolated for 20 days.

* severe patients will suffer breathing disorders, causing hypoxia and carbon dioxide retention, which are often the main causes of death. We must distinguish the cause of respiratory disorders, maintain airway obstruction, and use sedatives to relieve anxiety and irritability, so as not to aggravate breathing and dysphagia and take antibiotics early.

The patient should lie on a hard bed with mattress, pay attention to the nursing of paralyzed limbs, avoid pressure and put it in a comfortable functional position to prevent the emergence of the phenomenon of hanging the wrist and foot. * when giving constipation and urinary retention, enema and catheterization should be given properly. Above we simply said how to treat poliomyelitis, I think we should actively cooperate with the medical staff to treat it.

matters needing attention

Precautions for poliomyelitis. We should pay attention to the children's daily food hygiene. In daily life, we should cultivate children's good habits of washing hands before and after meals and not eating dirty food. We should pay attention to the disinfection of children's clothes, sheets, toys, supplies and tableware. It is best to boil for 15 minutes or expose to the sun for two hours.