Polio Case in Chaman Balochistan’s 7th in 2024
The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication reported that a one-and-a-half-year-old infant in the Chaman district’s Qila Abdullah neighborhood has been affected by polio.
The information indicated that this is the seventh case reported from the Kila Abdullah area. In total, Balochistan province has recorded 27 polio cases thus far in the current year.
Earlier on December 18, Pakistan reported the 64th polio case of the current year. According to the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) for Polio Eradication, the report from Jacobabad, Sindh.
POLIO: Symptoms and risk
Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.
The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the fecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (for example, contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine. Initial symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness of the neck, and pain in the limbs.
Pakistan reports four polio cases in 24 hours
One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). Among those paralyzed, 5–10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.
The disease mainly affects children under 5 years of age. However, anyone of any age who is unvaccinated can contract the disease.
There is no cure for the crippling disease, it can only be prevented. The Polio vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life.
There are two vaccines available, oral polio vaccine and inactivated polio vaccine. Both are effective and safe, and both are used in different combinations worldwide, depending on local epidemiological and programmatic circumstances, to ensure the best possible protection for populations can be provided.
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