Digestive System Human digestive system is a pipe-like structure which starts from the mouth and ends in anus. In between there are some organs like stomach, small intestine and large intestine where digestion of foods occurs. There are some glands which help in digestion e.g. salivary gland, liver and pancreas. Digestion means breaking down the food into those molecules that can be absorbed by the body.so if we divide food into the macro categories they will be 1)carbohydrate, 2)protein and 3)fat. In carbohydrates, there can be these types of bonds – Starch and glycogen : starch and glycogen are storage polymers of glucose in plants and animals respectively. In starch and glycogen the glucose molecules are bonded by glycosidic bonds ( alpha 1-4 glycosidic bond and alpha 1-6 glycosidic bond). Our body cannot absorb the big molecules as starch, so it has to be broken to free glucose molecules for absorption. Amylase enzyme is released by the salivary gland and pancreas can break thes
Symptoms : Most infected individuals have no symptoms . Paralytic disease 1% high fever Intense muscle pain from spasm and weakness loss of muscle reflexes paralysis asymptomatic Affect larger proximal muscles specially legs infants develop acute flaccid paralysis floppy baby syndrome Diaphragm motor nerves are affected difficulty in breathing Diagnosis: Besed on Polio virus recovery from stool sample throat swab lumbar puncture cerebral fluid removed from Lamba Sach might have high white blood cells or poliovirus RNA Treatment: Pain medicines for muscle spasm bladder decompression respiratory support for trouble breathing by Iron lung machine. Polio vaccine and post polio syndrome will be discussed in next video.