Meningitis Overview

" Every school year it happens especially in college. Kids sharing competence is close a burger at a football game a water glass in the dorm and then it's on the news an outbreak of meningitis."

" It's commonly transmitted. Between. Teenagers college students young military recruits. And by the fact the picture close quarters. When their lending. Around each other but what is meningitis and why is so easily spread. -- meningitis. Is an inflammation of the coverings -- the brain and the spinal cord. Which can be caused by. A virus or bacteria. Or other organisms. Teenagers quite often chairman bodily fluids including saliva tears sweat things that can transmit. B bacteria. And they are very often sharing towels. Other parts of that are wardrobe. Things like drinking from same class. Putting your toothbrush in the same call that another person who has been guided us as -- compression. Or kissing as a common way to the spread."

" So pure railroad somebody who's got the illness your risk. But how do you get your habit. Its symptoms often don't broadcast meningitis. You have a stiff neck headache chills."

" Because you're -- a fever trouble dealing with the lights loud sounds some people might ignore the science is just a bad case of the flu."

" The stiff neck and increasing fever can flag that meningitis is a possibility. But experts say it would every experience at -- gore fever should be checked out a person want to have a headache."

" And it's a very very bad headache should seek medical attention right. Person should always call their position to find out. Why they're experiencing."

" An abnormal sensation. Fourth health professionals pinpointing the diagnosis means stealing a lumbar puncture along the puncture."

" Also an illness spinal. Is a procedure where a very thin needle is placed into the low back. And adventures what we call this subdural space in this is where the bacteria or virus that's causing meningitis would be. We just take a sample of it. And we would send it off blast. And based on how the body's immune system is reacting we can tell it's more like we viral meningitis. Or. It looks to be bacterial meningitis. "

" Discovering that type of meningitis is important since treatment stiffer."

" If it's a virus that body's immune system's going to be the main component to bite at infection so we have to get supportive care -- for the company and fluid. Good nutrition. And make sure that the patient is able has a competent immune system to overcome it in the course of ten to fourteen days in terms of training of bacterial infection you need to find out what you organism is."

" The exact species of the organism and what that species is sensitive to."

" In order to direct which antibiotic you're going to be using to help the body to overcome the infection."

" It's essential to get appropriate care for both types of meningitis. If left untreated complications can -- The infection can take over the central nervous system or spread to the brain. And nearly 300 people died from meningitis. And the bacterial kind can be the most deadly."

" The vast majority of people who have a viral meningitis we'll get over it no problem it comes and goes a couple of weeks but. People would bacterial meningitis. Are at much higher risk for having a fatal outcome people can die from meningitis if they have you know overwhelming infection it takes over their central nervous system and then subsequently their body."

" There's some vaccines that can prevent some but not all causes meningitis. Comments since hygiene can also stop its spread. Washing hands well as ones safeguard as is opting not to share the communal beer marketed dorm party. They're also medications that can help ward off the -- after an outbreak. Of course they all live in the real world and sometimes catching a disease like meningitis can't be helped but it can't help yourself that you think you might happen."

" People should always remember. When it comes meningitis that. It can. Be nothing and it can be apartment. So don't neglect and -- And make sure that you've seen trained professional. Help sort out. What's going on in your brain."