Meningitis is an infection or inflammation of the meninges - the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It may be bacterial, viral, or fungal and is SERIOUS and life threatening. It can cause brain and spinal cord damage and death. Meningitis is characterized by fever, vomiting, intense headache, and stiff neck. The classic sign is stiff neck (nuchal rigidity). Patients will have their necks flexed backward (toward their backs) and when they are forced into a position where their necks are bent forward (toward their chests), they will have have a positive Brudzinski's sign. ER physicians will also perform a test for Kernig's sign.
It is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, called the meninges
A disease of the membrane surrounding the brain. (A+LS)
The pia mater is the delicate innermost layer of the meninges-the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It is delicate and vascular, and follows every contour of the brain.
Polymorphonucleur neutrophils or polymorphonucleur leukocytes.
Yes anything or any person can get yellow fever it comes from jungle areas even in the 2000's people can still get it, and mosquitoes will get it and bite you and I would suggest reading the book "Yellow Fever 1793" it's very useful.
According to the Meningitis Research Foundation and the UK National Health Service, meningitis is a viral or bacterial infection which causes inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord (meninges). Septicaemia is the blood poisoning form of the disease and is the more life threatening form. Both meningitis and septicaemia can ultimately cause nerve and brain damage and may be fatal.
The NHS website has a list of symptoms of meningitis infection, and states that the symptoms usually begin abruptly and rapidly worsen. If meningitis infection is suspected then an ambulance should be summoned immediately as meningitis and septicaemia can kill in hours.
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Unlike viral meningitis, where only general supportive treatment of vital signs are employed, bacterial meningitis responds best to rapid and high-dose antibiotic treatment. Typically two antibiotics are given concurrently, such as a cephalosporin-type like Rocephin 2 grams q12hrs, plus either vancomycin or high-dose penicillin. Most cases respond well are are resolved in a few days.
The most common symptoms of either bacterial or viral meningitis include: # fever # severe and persistent headache # stiff and painful neck, especially when trying to touch the chin to the chest # vomiting # confusion and decreased level of consciousness # seizures
# sluggishness, muscle aches and and weakness, and strange feelings (such as tingling) or weakness throughout the body
# eye sensitivity and eye pain from bright lights
# skin rash
# dizzy spells
No. Molds are fungi. Viruses are not fungi. Fungi can get viruses, just like you or I, but there are no viruses that are fungi. There are no fungi that are viruses. This does not address whether you can get fungal meningitis from black mold, but you absolutely definitively cannot get viral meningitis from black mold. Additionally, having fungal meningitis might make you more or less susceptible to getting viral meningitis, but you probably won't be too concerned with viral meningitis if you're busy fighting fungal meningitis. You won't be concerned with much else at all.
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No it isn't. The vaccine is considered safe and an extra dose would not cause problems with your immune response, in fact, it might make it work even better to prevent pneumonia, as it would act as an added "booster".
In general, most vaccines in current use are either of the "killed" or "attenuated" (weakened) type of production. One exception is the oral polio virus, which is a live virus and can cause infection in some susceptible individuals. The possibility of this happening to someone receiving the meningitis vaccine is almost zero, making the risk of active infection from an infected person several orders of magnitude greater than the chance of contracting this, or most diseases, from vaccination.
Meningitis is an infection that causes inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Non-bacterial meningitis is often referred to as "aseptic meningitis." Bacterial meningitis may be referred to as "purulent meningitis."
Causes, incidence, and risk factorsThe most common causes of meningitis are viral infections that usually resolve without treatment. However, bacterial infections of the meninges are extremely serious illnesses, and may result in death or brain damage, even if treated. Meningitis is also caused by fungi, chemical irritation, drug allergies, and tumors. Types of Memingitis include:Viral Meningitis is milder and occurs more often than bacterial meningitis. It usually develops in the late summer and early fall, often affects children and adults under 30. Seventy percent of the infections occur in children under the age of 5. Most Viral Meningitis is associated with enteroviruses, which are viruses that commonly cause intestinal illness.
However, many other types of viruses can also cause meningitis. For example, Viral Meningitis may occur as a complication in people with genital herpes. Recently, West Nile virus spread by mosquito bites has become a cause of Viral Meningitis in most of the U.S. In addition to causing Viral Meningitis, West Nile virus may cause encephalitis in some patients and a polio-like syndrome in others.
Spinal Meningitis SymptomsAdditional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:
It's highly recommended household contacts and people with close contact with individuals with meningococcal meningitis receive preventative antibiotics to avoid becoming infected themselves.
Some communities conduct vaccination campaigns following an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis. Military recruits are routinely vaccinated against this form of meningitis because of its high rate of occurrence.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College Health Assn encourage college students (particularly freshmen living in dorms) to consider being vaccinated with the meningococcal vaccine.
How to Deal with Spinal Meningitis?With the arrival of late summer and early fall Spinal Meningitis raises its ugly head to search for preys, its victims are often children below five and adults below thirty. Spinal Meningitis is a lay-term for inflammation of the meninges-membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It affects the brain and spine simultaneously.
Causes'Purulent Meningitis' refers to the infection caused by bacteria. 'Aseptic meningitis' is non bacterial meningitis- caused by virus, fungi, chemicals and tumors. SymptomsThe symptoms of both bacterial and non bacterial "spinal meningitis symptoms" are very similar. The onslaught of meningitis disease is preceded generally by a splitting headache, fever and chills, severe stiff neck, sensitivity to light, vomiting, loss of appetite, and sweating.Bacterial Meningitis may show some extra symptoms like mental status changes, Dementia, twitching, perturbation, skin rashes and protrusive soft skull spots in case of babies.
DiagnosisIf you experience these symptoms seek medical attention right away. Delays can cause incurable secondary defects like blindness, deafness and brain damage or may be life threatening.Common meningitis disease diagnosis tools the doctor uses for spinal meningitis include a Lumbar Puncture to inspect cerebrospinal fluid, bacterial culture, chest X-ray and a CT scan of the brain to locate meningitis disease damage.
Medical TreatmentBacterial Meningitis is treated with antibiotics administered orally first and then intraveinously. The earlier the disease is detected and treated the better will be the results. Although rarely seen, this form of Meningitis is more serious that than Viral Meningitis. Antibiotics can't cure Viral Meningitis. The disease usually resolves on its own. Secondary defects can be treated with intravenous fluids. Natural TreatmentGolden Seal is a natural tonic that strengthens the spinal nerves and prevents recurrence of spinal meningitis. Black Cohosh is good for spinal meningitis, but its use is unadvisable for pregnant women. Both these medicines should be taken only for short time periods.Prevention is always better than cure. Thanks to administration of drugs and vaccines like Haemophilus vaccine, Meningococcal vaccine and Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine you can prevent some types of Spinal Meningitis.
Viral meningitis is the least severe type of meningitis, and patients usually recover with no long-term effects from the infection.
Meningitis can usually be contracted in several different ways. Some ways include: missing routine vaccinations or not getting vaccinations at all, live, work or learn in close quarters with others, get pregnant, or catch a cold.
People with viral meningitis often have flu-like symptoms; headaches, fever, etc. Depending on the severity of the meningitis, they can also have muscle stiffness, muscle or joint pain, nausea, diarrhea, and some sensitivity to light.
is an inflimmation of the meninges that coverthe brain and the spinal cord.it is caused by a virus or bacterium. The symptoms of the disease are headache,fever,nausea and vomiting.In some cases ,rashes develop on the skin. viral meningitis is not serious but bacterial meningitis is.Treament for bacterialmeningitis includes large doses of antibodies.
This is actually for bacterial meningitis... sorry-