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== Medical Therapy== | == Medical Therapy== | ||
[[Image:Womanonsideinlung.jpg|thumb|left|A modern negative pressure ventilator (iron lung)]] | [[Image:Womanonsideinlung.jpg|thumb|left|A modern negative pressure ventilator (iron lung)]] | ||
No cure for polio exists, and the focus of modern polio treatment has been on increasing comfort, speeding recovery and preventing complications. Supportive measures include: [[antibiotics]] to prevent infections in weakened muscles, [[analgesics]] for pain, moderate exercise and a nutritious diet. Treatment of polio also often requires long-term rehabilitation including physical therapy, braces, corrective shoes and, in some cases, [[orthopedic surgery]]. | No cure for polio exists, and the focus of modern polio treatment has been on increasing comfort, speeding recovery and preventing complications. Supportive measures include: [[antibiotics]] to prevent infections in weakened muscles, [[analgesics]] for pain, moderate exercise and a nutritious diet. Treatment of polio also often requires long-term rehabilitation including physical therapy, braces, corrective shoes and, in some cases, [[orthopedic surgery]]. | ||
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Medical Therapy
No cure for polio exists, and the focus of modern polio treatment has been on increasing comfort, speeding recovery and preventing complications. Supportive measures include: antibiotics to prevent infections in weakened muscles, analgesics for pain, moderate exercise and a nutritious diet. Treatment of polio also often requires long-term rehabilitation including physical therapy, braces, corrective shoes and, in some cases, orthopedic surgery.
Portable ventilators may be required to support breathing. Historically, a noninvasive negative-pressure ventilator (more commonly called an iron lung) was used to artificially maintain respiration during an acute polio infection until a person could breathe independently; generally about one to two weeks. Today many polio survivors with permanent respiratory paralysis use modern jacket-type negative-pressure ventilators that are worn over the chest and abdomen.
Other historical treatments for polio have included hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and surgical treatments such as tendon lengthening and nerve grafting. The use of devices such as rigid braces and body casts—which tended to cause muscle atrophy due to the limited movement of the user—were also touted as effective treatments. Massage, passive motion exercises, and vitamin C were also used to treat polio victims, with varying degrees of success.