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I drank same water which was spit by a polio affected person will I get polio I heard polio is contagious can anyone explain
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No, not at all. Polio was eradicated long back in India. Please make sure the history is proper.
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Dr. Jinia Saha
Pediatrician
10 yrs exp
Kolkata
No problem, it is not contagious as the person is suffering from neuroparalytic polio, non-contagious, moreover polio has been eradicated from India.
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Dr. Amit P Ghawade
Pediatrician
13 yrs exp
Pune
Hi
Kindly check vaccination status
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Dr. Nitin Lingayat
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11 yrs exp
Pune
No problem
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
Vadodara
Polio affected person had got active virus long time ago ie before the paralysis so that person is not in infective stage so cannot spread polio to others.
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Dr. Prathibha Reddy
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Hello ! No problem. If u r vaccinated for same .
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