A 12-year-old girl who had developed polio at 4 years of age, had atrophic leg muscles. Themost likely predisposing mechanism is:Select one:a. Ishemicb. Malnutritionc. Denervationd. Disuse

Today perhaps your only association with the word 'polio' is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that protects children from the disease. Fifty five years ago this was not so. The dreaded disease, which mainly affects the brain ans spinal cord, causing stiffening and weakening of muscles, crippling and paralysis - which is Why I am in a wheelchair today. If somebody had predicted, when I was born, that this would happen to me, no one would have believed it. I was seventh child in a family of four pairs of brothers and sisters, with huge 23 year gap between the first and last. I was so fair and brown haired that I looked more look like a foreigner than a Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood.19.In this passage, the narrator is a patient ofheart diseasepolioparalysisnervous weakness

8)While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:● Poliomyelitis (or polio, for short) terrorized America and Europe until the 1960s.● It paralyzed more than 15,000 people a year in America and 8,000 in Britain, mostlychildren.● There is no treatment for polio and 5-10% of paralytic cases are fatal.● The invention of a vaccine set the world on a path to eradication.● The Americas region was declared free of the wild poliovirus in 1994.● Europe followed in 2002 and Africa in 2020. The student wants to emphasize on theseverity of polio disease. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information fromthe notes to accomplish this goal?RSYPRAEN-008Until the invention of polio vaccine and subsequent eradication programs, the western world had been in the grip of polio terror.In the absence of any suitable treatment for poliomyletis, America had been the worst polio affected country until the 1960s.Since there was no treatment for poliomyletis until the invention of vaccine, when once somebody used to get afflicted with polio treatment was only available after the invention of the vaccine.The fatality rate among paralytic cases due to polio was around 5-10% and the number of the polio-affected, mostly children, was 15,000 in America and 8,000 in Britain annually

Select the true statement about polio. A. There is a specific treatment for polio. B. Polio is not a life-threatening disease. C. Polio always results in paralysis of limbs. D. Physical symptoms of polio can emerge 15 years or more after the first polio infection.

What pediatric condition is caused by a nonprogressive lesion of the brain, which results in loss of muscle tone, control, balance; increased reflexes; and abnormal gait patterns?

A 7-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department due to leg pain.  Two weeks ago, the mother noticed the child walking with a slight limp after playing in the backyard.  The limp has worsened, and today the patient refuses to walk.  Her energy level has decreased, but the mother attributed this to a poor diet.  The patient has autism and limits her diet to only a few items, mainly chocolate milk and crackers.  Vaccinations are up to date.  Temperature is 98.6 F (37 C).  Examination shows scattered erythematous, red macules that do not blanche on bilateral lower extremities.  There is tenderness in the thighs with palpation.  The patient does not want to move either leg and cries when attempting to stand.  Examination of the oropharynx shows inflammation with edema and bleeding along the gums.  The neck is supple, and there is no lymphadenopathy.  Cardiopulmonary examination is unremarkable.  The abdomen is soft without organomegaly.  Laboratory results are as follows:Complete blood countHemoglobin 8.7 g/dLMean corpuscular volume (MCV) 70 µm3Reticulocytes 1%Platelets 250,000/mm3Leukocytes 6,800/mm3Coagulation studiesProthrombin time (PT) 12 secActivated partial thromboplastin time (PTT) 30 secWhich of the following is the best next step in evaluation of this patient?