Poliomyelitis Treatment

Barber's itch — also called tinea barbae and ringworm of the beard — is a fungal infection that often develops on the skin underneath the beard. It can also occur on the neck, chin, and upper lip. It's caused by two types of animal fungi: T. verrucosum (from cattle) and T. mentagrophytes var. equinum (from horses). Barber's itch can spread after direct contact with an animal or person who carries the fungus. Read on to learn more about barber's itch, including its common symptoms, causes, and treatment. The most common symptom of barber's itch is a ringworm-like rash on the skin underneath the beard. This rash is circular in shape with red, scaly lesions. Barber's itch can also cause itching and mild pain. Skin patches range in size from 1 to 5 centimeters (cm), but some people have large, pus-filled acne lesions around their hair follicles. Hair loss is another symptom. Barber's itch affects people differently, though. Less common symp...

You probably think of yourself as a clean, hygienic person. You shower most days, brush your teeth regularly, and keep your nails at a reasonable length. But while most of us assume we are quite exacting in the way we go about our self-maintenance, there's a good chance you are overlooking a few aspects of your personal care—and in areas that can have a significant impact on your long-term health and social interactions. Here are several common hygiene habits that experts say are pretty nasty that you may not even know you're guilty of doing. So read on, and for more ways to look and feel better every day, don't miss The Secret Exercise Tricks for Getting Rid of Wrinkles, Say Experts. Shutterstock Even those who are the most conscientious about their hygiene can inadvertently be doing damage to their own health. That's the case with those who really get in there with the toothbrush. "As an NYC dentist, I would say that one of the bad habits I have enc...

To be fair, as I look at the words that other states seem to have plenty of difficulty spelling, we here in Illinois can take pride in the fact that we can spell the country's most misspelled word better than 12 other states. That word, according to USA Today in their piece "'Quarantine' or 'corn teen': These Are The Most Googled Misspelled Words By State," is quarantine . Some folks apparently make a fine living analyzing Google Trends data, and they decided to take a look at words people search for the most when they type in the words "how to spell." They just looked at one year, going from March of 2020 through March of 2021. Getty Images As I mentioned, quarantine is the the number-one most misspelled word across the United States, with residents of 12 states having enough trouble with it that they went to Google for help. Getty Images Let's face it, quarantine is a tough word. Especially since it's been ...

In the summers of the early 1950s, multitudes of American children were stuck in their home. Parents didn't permit them to play together because, when the weather got warm, society entered a nightmare called polio. Children would eagerly begin their school breaks with a bicycle, scooter or kite and end them in crutches, braces or an iron lung. The disease poliomyelitis, or polio, had been in the medical textbooks for decades. In the summers of the early 20th century, however, this illness grew into an epidemic. The virus behind the disease could infect anyone, but in the U.S., it caused the worst damage among children under five years old, and polio was consequently called infantile paralysis. In early 1953 there was a glimmer of hope that this nightmare might come to an end. Medical researcher Jonas Salk created a polio vaccine that, when injected, stimulated the immune system to make antibodies that fought off the virus. By January of that year, he had inoculated 161 peop...

June 15, 2021 Clinical Contributors to this Story Christine Greiss, D.O. contributes to topics such as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation . Research shows that dizziness, vertigo and balance problems affect about 15 percent of U.S. adults each year, with higher rates of occurrence in people aged 65 and older. These problems can significantly impact quality of life, leading to increased fall risk and affecting the ability to walk, drive, read, work and engage in other everyday activities. Causes and treatments for dizziness Christine Greiss, D.O., director of the Concussion Program at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, outlines eight possible causes of dizziness and how they are treated: COVID-19 and other upper respiratory conditions.  COVID-19 and other respiratory conditions such as viruses and allergies can cause swelling in the sinuses and ears, leading to dizziness. "If an ear infection develops or the Eustachian tube that connects the ears with the ...

Amid concerns over a third wave of Covid-19 potentially affecting children more, a study conducted by researchers in India has found that kids inoculated with measles vaccine had milder symptoms upon contracting the novel coronavirus than those not vaccinated. The study, conducted by BJ Medical College in Pune, also showed that measles vaccine had an effectiveness of 87.5 per cent against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, also said that measles vaccine might offer long-term protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. The researchers behind the study called for more trails to confirm their findings. "This is the world's first such study. We focused on MMR vaccines for the study since the amino acid sequence of SARS-CoV-2 is nearly 30 per cent similar to that of rubella virus. The spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 is also similar to the hemagglutinin protein of the Measles virus. Tha...

Yes, newborns can have visitors, but with precautions. Parents should consider limiting the number of visitors the baby is in close contact with, according to Jorge Perez, a neonatologist and founder of Kidz Medical Services in Coral Gables, Fla. "There is no magical number about how many visitors, and this is relevant with any newborn, before or during a pandemic and post-covid," Perez says. "Since babies are unprotected when they are separated from the placenta, I recommend that households with an infant limit their exposure for two to three months. The flu, RSV or other viruses are dangerous to an infant who can't fight them off."

Encephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain. It is generally caused by an infection, usually a viral one, or an autoimmune response. The inflammation causes the brain to swell, which can lead to headache, stiff neck, sensitivity to light, mental confusion, and seizures. Encephalitis is a serious condition that requires immediate medical attention. How Common Is Encephalitis? Encephalitis affects 10 to 15 people per 100,000 each year, with more than 250,000 patients diagnosed in the last decade alone in the United States.  Encephalitis can be primary or secondary. Primary encephalitis is when a virus infects the brain, while secondary encephalitis is caused by an infection from a different part of your body that traveled to the brain. There are several types of encephalitis, and they are a result of different types of viruses and other causes. Jamie Grill / Getty Images Causes and Symptoms The three most common causes of encephalitis in the United St...

Vaccine makers are preparing for a next possible phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout: booster doses. Currently three coronavirus vaccines are authorized for emergency use in the United States -- the two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for people 12 and older, the two-dose Moderna vaccine and the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines for everyone 18 and older. Researchers and health officials suspect that the immunity against COVID-19 these vaccines elicit in the body might wane over time -- possibly after a year or more -- and might not protect as well against coronavirus variants that could emerge and evolve. A vaccinated person might need a booster dose of vaccine to stay protected against the original coronavirus strain and newly emerging variants -- somewhat similar to how a tetanus booster is recommended every 10 years or different flu vaccines are recommended each year. Will booster doses or new vaccines be needed? "Many people may be familiar with tetanus-toxoid v...

At first you thought you were imagining that red circle on your lower leg. It didn't bother you much at the time, but now that it feels hot when you touch it and is starting to swell and maybe even expand, you're pretty sure there's something going on there. Your doctor is concerned that it's a bacterial skin infection called cellulitis and wants you to come in ASAP. Cell-u-what? Here's what you need to know. More Top Articles on Cellulitis Cellulitis Frequently Asked Questions What does cellulitis look like? Cellulitis typically appears on a lower leg or foot as a "sheet" of redness. It may feel warm to the touch and may appear in circular form. Cellulitis may also swell and become painful. Is there a test to diagnose cellulitis? There is no test for cellulitis. Instead, your doctor will make the diagnosis by looking at the affected area and ruling out other conditions that may look like cellulitis. Sometimes blood work or...

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Allyson Black (R), a registered nurse, cares for COVID-19 patients in a makeshift ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on January 21, 2021 in Torrance, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images More than 4,100 people have been hospitalized or died with Covid-19 in the U.S. even though they've been fully vaccinated, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far, at least 750 fully vaccinated people have died after contracting Covid, but the CDC noted that 142 of those fatalities were asymptomatic or unrelated to Covid-19, according to data as of Monday that was released Friday. The CDC received 3,907 reports of people who have been hospitalized with breakthrough Covid infections, despite being fully vaccinated. Of those, more than 1,000 of those patients were asymptomatic or their hospitalizations weren't related to Covid-19, the CDC said. "To be expected," Dr. P...

Dr. Gregory D. Hobbs, Past Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine at Texas A&M College of Medicine had this to say about the APT™ T3X formulation: There is no downside to this approach, and potentially a very significant upside for our at-risk populations. I will certainly be using APT™ T3X. INDIANAPOLIS; and ROCKWALL, Texas (PRWEB) September 02, 2020 A Powerful Preventative in the Fight Against Covid-19 Advanced Penetration Technology, LLC, (APT) a Texas- and Indiana-based company (http://www.aptt3x.com) that specializes in innovative healthcare solutions for patients utilizing non-prescription, Over The Counter (OTC) products, was today provided results of an independent laboratory evaluation of a topical medical formulation that mitigates or neutralizes infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) in vitro. The focus is preventing COVID-19 from entering the body through the nasal passages, thereby significantly reducing the likelihood of people becoming i...