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What should you do if you've been in close contact with a person with meningitis?
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∙ 11y ago
call your doctor immediately you may need to take a test.
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Is meningitis is a communicable disease?
The viruses that cause viral meningitis are contagious
Is viral meningitis or enciphelitis contagious?
Meningitis (viral or bacterial) is infectious and can be highly contagious. Usually anyone in close contact with someone who gets bacterial meningitis will be given antibiotics as well.
What treatment may close associates of a person who has meningitis be given?
Preventive treatment with antibiotics is sometimes recommended for the close contacts of an individual who is ill with meningococcal or H. influenzae type b meningitis.
How contagious is tuberculous meningitis?
It is very contagious and is usually spread through intimate contact, kissing, drinking from the same bottle or glass. sharing towels keeping tooth brushes in close contact etc.
Can a person become a carrier of meningitis?
Meningitis is spread through close contact, Kissing, coughing, sneezing etc. I have recently suffered from a form of meningitis, and I was told by the Doctors in hospital it is likely that I caught it from sharing a glass with someone carrying the bacteria and it entering my bloodstream through a cut in my lip. Here's a link with some more detailed information. Hope it answers your question =) http://www.meningitis.org/disease-info/whats-the-risk
How is neisseria meningitidis transmitted?
Yes, Neisseria Meningitidis is contagious. It can transfer from person to person through saliva or nasal secretions but it is not nearly as contagious as the common cold.
How is SARS spread?
The primary way that SARS appears to spread is by close person-to-person contact
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How do you transfer scabies from one person to another?
Scabies is transmitted by being in close contact with an infected person. For example, sleeping in the same bed as an infected person or by skin-on-skin contact.
How is step throat contagious?
Strep Throat, or Streptococcal pharyngitis, is spread from person to person by coughing, sneezing, fluid contact, or any close contact with an infected individual.
What are the ways you can contract tuberculosis?
mostly by fluid contact to infected person. or in case of airborn virus ya .... thought air. on a very close contact
How long after contact with a leprosy patient should those with close contact be tested for the disease?
Annual examinations should also be conducted on these people for a period of five years following their last contact with an infectious patient.
