Diphtheria Vocabulary

Poliomyelitis 

Vocabulary: 

1.stiff-окостеневший 

2.general discomfort-общее недомогание 

3.susceptible-восприимчивый 

4.onset-начало 

5.to subside-стихать,убывать,спадать. 

The main symptoms of the disease are: slight fever, general discomfort, headache, stiff neck, stiff back. It may result in paralysis of any part of body. The cause of poliomyelitis is a virus. The incubation period of the disease is 7—21 days. The most susceptible patients are the children from 9 months to 5 years. The child should be isolated from onset of the disease till fever subsides. We can prevent poliomyelitis with oral polio vaccine.