Polio

2024 - 3 - 14

Polio-ihme: Kuinka Paul Alexander selviytyi rautakeuhkossa yli 70 vuotta

Hävittäminen - Paul Alexander - Polio - Rautakeuhko - Rokotejohdannainen poliovirus

Paul Alexander, polioon sairastunut selviytyjä, inspiroi maailmaa elämällä yli 70 vuotta rautakeuhkossa ja saavuttamalla lainopin tutkinnon.

Polio on sairaus, joka muutti Paul Alexanderin elämän pysyvästi. Seitsemän vuosikymmenen ajan Alexander selviytyi rautakeuhkossa, joka oli välttämätön seuraus polion aiheuttamista vaurioista. Vaikka sairaus vei häneltä fyysisen liikkuvuuden jo 6-vuotiaana, Alexander ei antanut periksi. Hän opiskeli lain ja kirjoitti kirjan elämästään, inspiroiden ihmisiä ympäri maailmaa positiivisella asenteellaan.

Paul Alexanderin tarina on todellinen polio-ihme. Vaikka hänet pakotettiin rautakeuhkoon vuonna 1952, hän taisteli vastaan koko elämänsä ajan. Hänen rohkeutensa ja sinnikkyytensä ovat esimerkki siitä, miten vaikeistakin olosuhteista voi nousta voittajana.

Polioon sairastuneena ja rautakeuhkossa eläneenä Paul Alexanderin poismeno jättää maailmaan pysyvän jäljen. Hänen tarinansa on opetus siitä, että vaikka elämässä kohtaa vaikeuksia, on mahdollista säilyttää positiivinen asenne ja saavuttaa suuria asioita.

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Paul Alexander, Lawyer and TikTok Star Who Spent Decades in Iron ... (The New York Times)

Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on the machine to breathe. Still, he was able to earn a law degree, ...

Polio this week as of 15 March 2024 - World (ReliefWeb)

Polio survivor and eradication advocate, Paul Alexander has passed away at the age of 78, after living in an iron lung for over 70 years.

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Paul Alexander, Polio Patient With Iron Lung and Positive Outlook ... (TIME)

Alexander earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life, and built a big following on social media and inspired people around the globe with his positive ...

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Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78 (NPR)

Polio struck Paul Alexander in 1952, when he was just 6 years old. Within days, the disease robbed him of the use of his body. But he fought through the ...

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'Polio Paul,' who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies ... (CNN)

Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of ...

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Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years, dies at ... (BreakingNews.com)

Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, ...

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Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years ... (Livescience.com)

Paul Alexander was one of the last people to use an iron lung, having been left unable to breathe on his own after catching polio in the 1950s.

Quick takes: Polio in 3 nations, widespread cholera outbreaks, avian ... (CIDRAP)

Three countries reported more polio cases this week, all involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), according to the latest weekly ...

Circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 outbreak and ... (BMC Infectious Diseases)

The outbreaks of circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Viruses (cVDPVs) have emerged as a major challenge for the final stage of polio eradication.

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'I'm honored to have been his brother': Paul Alexander, oldest iron ... (WFAA.com)

DALLAS — Paul Alexander was only five years old when he learned he had contracted polio. It was a diagnosis that a younger brother, Philip, remembers had a ...

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