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Who is most at risk for meningitis?

it usually feeds on children and old people


What effect on the body when this system is weakened by AIDS?

Many different (and often rare) infections and cancers attack the body.


Can viral meningitis cause your legs to become numb and weak?

Yes, generalized body weakness can occurs with viral meningitis.


Who is exposed to meningitis?

anyone can get meningitis. its cells are carried in the air. smokers are at increased risk of meningitis. it can infect open wounds, or can be spread during surgery if anything unsterilized gets into your body's bloodstream.


What part of the body is attacked by the disease meningitis?

The meninges, which is between your skull & your brain.


How does the body defend itself from meningitis?

Through the brain has very good blood supply, there is something called as blood brain barrier. There are tight junctions in the cappilaries and from outside a layer of connective tissue cells. So that bacteria cannot pass through this barrier. So meningitis is relatively rare disease.


Which two body functions does caffeine have a negative effect?

Caffeine can increase heart rate and blood pressure. An overdose can cause a heart attack.


A cat extends its body to attack?

A cat extends its body as part of the attack.


Is Meningitis worse that MRSA?

Viral Meningitis isn't as severe as Bacterial meningitis. Bacterial meningitis left untreated can cause tissue damage on the brain, seizures, and death. MRSA is short for "methicillin resistant staph aeurous" or staph that is resistant to a strong antibiotic called methicillin. Once in your body MRSA will stay they, you can have outbreaks in the form of boils or it may lie dormant.


Where is meningitis in the body?

Meningitis (men-in-ji-tis) affects the menins, an area in the brain which is located in the back, and extends upwards on the outer layer. Meningitis appears when this area of the brain is infected, and infection may continue down the spinal cord, because it is attached to the menins. That is why when you have meningitis your neck can gets stiff and hurt when you stretch it by looking down. Meningitis is a very serious illness and you should go straight to the emergency room if you or another person has it. It is curable, and it is not contagious.


Can you get meningitis from someone?

yes you can if your body is unable to fight the infection...bacterial or virusi know someone who has, Frederick John Morganti, we miss you.


What are the different in your body?

There are different categories of muscle in the body. Smooth, Cardiac, and skeletal muscles.