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What is polio?
Most troubling, it can infect a person’s spinal cord, leading to paralysis and possibly permanent disability. The disease mostly affects children and even those who recover can develop muscle pain, weakness or paralysis as adults years later, known asThe majority of people in the U.S. have been vaccinated against polio, theCanada’s national immunization coverage surveys show
A much smaller proportion of people, roughly one in 1,000, will develop serious symptoms that can affect the brain and spinal cord,. These symptoms include the feeling of pins and needles in the legs known as paresthesia; meningitis, an infection of the covering of the spinal cord or brain, or paralysis where you can’t move parts of your body or your arms or legs feel weak.for polio, so prevention is key.
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