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Not long ago polio in children attracted the attention of the people of Indonesia. A 7-year-old boy in Pidie, Aceh, was stricken with polio and paralyzed his legs.
This case then makes parents worry, Mother. Not without reason, Indonesia itself has received a polio-free certificate since 2014.
Please note, polio is an infectious disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in just a matter of hours. Even though they only received one case, the government immediately designated this case as an extraordinary incident (KLB).
Polio should be watched out for because it can cause permanent paralysis. Not only that, this disease can also cause death due to failure or paralysis of the respiratory system.
Quoted from Instagram account @kemenkes_ri, the threat of polio becomes greater if the vaccination coverage is low. WHO itself states that the current status of polio is Public Health of International Concern (PHEIC), which is the same as status monkeypox or monkeypox.
Can polio be cured?
Furthermore, the Ministry of Health announced that there is no medicine that can cure polio. The only thing that can be done is to prevent it by giving vaccinations.
“There is no cure for polio. The only way to prevent (is) through immunization,” wrote the Ministry of Health.
This was also approved by the pediatrician dr. Dian Sulistya Ekaputri. He explained that polio could only be cured by its acute symptoms.
“In the case of polio, the only thing that can be cured is the acute symptoms. As for the paralysis it causes, it can only stop its development so that the muscles don’t get smaller,” he said. Hai Bunda, recently.
Polio vaccine
There are two types of polio vaccine that can be given to your little one. Here is the sequence:
- Polio drops vaccine (OPV) is given 4 times at the age of 1,2,3 and 4 months.
- Injectable polio vaccine (IPV) is given once at the age of 4 months.
Until now, the national polio vaccination coverage is still below the target of 90 percent. Not without reason, this is caused by various things such as the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-vaccines, and hoaxes about immunization.
Apart from medicine and prevention, Mother also needs to know how polio can be transmitted. Check out the full explanation on the next page, OK?
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[Gambas:Video Haibunda]
