Treatment
- There is no cure for polio once a person becomes infected.
- Treatments are focused on increasing comfort, managing symptoms, and preventing complications.
- These treatments may include,
- Providing bed rest
- Antibiotics for additional infections
- Pain killers
- Ventilators to help breathing
- Physiotherapy and moderate exercise
- Proper diet
- More modern portable ventilator sand jacket-type ventilators are now employed
- Polio vaccinations or boosters are highly recommended in anyone who is not vaccinated or is unsure if she is vaccinated but that only prevents the poliovirus since there is no cure
- Treatments are focused on increasing comfort, managing symptoms, and preventing complications.
- These treatments may include,
- Providing bed rest
- Antibiotics for additional infections
- Pain killers
- Ventilators to help breathing
- Physiotherapy and moderate exercise
- Proper diet
- More modern portable ventilator sand jacket-type ventilators are now employed
- Polio vaccinations or boosters are highly recommended in anyone who is not vaccinated or is unsure if she is vaccinated but that only prevents the poliovirus since there is no cure