Recognize Symptoms of Meningitis In Children

Recognize Symptoms of Meningitis In Children, Symptoms and causes of meningitis is also called meningitis disease. For some strange sounds. However, the disease is dangerous if left untreated. Meningitis is contagious, can be caused by bacteria or viruses, and fungi. If not addressed immediately it could well lead to very serious conditions, including multiple disabilities, such as paralysis and mental disorders.

 This can be caused by infections, including viruses and bacteria. Types and causes meningitis can only be determined by a physician using the results of laboratory tests. Generally the cause is bacterial or viral, is also occasionally caused by fungi, protozoa and parasites. Compared with viral meningitis, bacterial meningitis rather rare. However, bacterial meningitis can result in very serious condition if not treated properly. For example occurs multiple disabilities, such as paralysis and mental disorders. Viral meningitis is the most common type of meningitis and bacterial meningitis. Most of the problems of aseptic meningitis is due to enteroviruses virus that can lead to infection of the stomach and small intestine. Some of these cases are caused by different viruses, and is usually transmitted by mosquitoes that have been infected, is called arboviruses. Often more severe than aseptic meningitis, especially in infants and the elderly. Before antibiotics are widely used, 70 percent or more of cases of deadly bacterial meningitis, with antibiotic treatment, the mortality rate has dropped to 15 percent or less. Bacterial meningitis is most common in winter and spring. Meningitis is highly contagious, namely through saliva or nasal fluids when the child is sneezing, talking, laughing and coughing and inhaled by others when they breathe.

Transmission can also occur when toddlers eat or drink with people from the same plates and glasses. In fact, wearing a towel, holding the former new tissue for cleaning the nose, can also be a transmission medium. Patients with meningitis will still transmit the disease as long as they still show symptoms of the disease. In fact, patients menagitis that cause bacteria, can still transmit the disease about 24 hours after they were given antibiotics.