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    Meningitis can affect people of any age but babies under 2 are at highest risk due to less developed immune systems. Symptoms can include sudden high fever, stiff neck, severe headache, and rash. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. A doctor can diagnose it based on medical history, exam, and tests like blood tests, spinal tap, or CT scans. Treatment depends on the type - bacterial meningitis requires immediate antibiotics while viral may improve on its own in weeks with rest and fluids.

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    Meningitis can affect people of any age but babies under 2 are at highest risk due to less developed immune systems. Symptoms can include sudden high fever, stiff neck, severe headache, and rash. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. A doctor can diagnose it based on medical history, exam, and tests like blood tests, spinal tap, or CT scans. Treatment depends on the type - bacterial meningitis requires immediate antibiotics while viral may improve on its own in weeks with rest and fluids.

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    Meningitis can affect people of any age but babies under 2 are at highest risk due to less developed immune systems. Symptoms can include sudden high fever, stiff neck, severe headache, and rash. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. A doctor can diagnose it based on medical history, exam, and tests like blood tests, spinal tap, or CT scans. Treatment depends on the type - bacterial meningitis requires immediate antibiotics while viral may improve on its own in weeks with rest and fluids.

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    Meningitis can affect people of any age but babies under 2 are at highest risk due to less developed immune systems. Symptoms can include sudden high fever, stiff neck, severe headache, and rash. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. A doctor can diagnose it based on medical history, exam, and tests like blood tests, spinal tap, or CT scans. Treatment depends on the type - bacterial meningitis requires immediate antibiotics while viral may improve on its own in weeks with rest and fluids.

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    Symptoms of Meningitis can appear in any

    Meningitis can affect anyone at any age, order. In some cases symptoms may not
    but babies under 2 are at the highest risk
    of getting meningitis due to having less appear at all. In the early stages, the
    developed immune systems than older age symptoms may be mistaken for flu
    groups
    symptoms, but the most common symptom
    can be a rash
    Symptoms in people older than 2yr
    old Include :
    - Sudden high fever
    ALTHOUGH MENINGITIS B IS
    UNCOMMON, COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE - Stiff neck
    MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN
    COMMON BEHAVIORS THAT ARE RISK - Severe headache with nausea or vomiting
    FACTORS FOR GETTING THE DISEASE,
    SUCH AS SHARING DRINKS AND LIVING - difficulty waking
    IN CLOSE QUARTERS - No appetite or thirst
    - Skin rash

    Symptoms in Newborns Include :


    THE HIGHEST RISK OF CATCHING MENINGITIS IN
    THE WORLD WOULD BE IN SUB-SAHARAN
    AFRICA KNOWN AS THE MENINGITIS BELT. THIS - High fever
    AREA STRETCHES FROM SENEGAL TO ETHIOPIA
    AND IS PRONE TO LARGE OUTBREAKS OF - Constant crying, irritability
    DISEASE DUE TO WARM AND DUSTY WINTER
    WINDS WHICH DAMAGES MUCOUS MEMBRANES - Excessive sleepiness
    IN THE LUNGS AND THROAT, MAKING IT EASIER
    FOR MENINGITIS. - Difficulty waking
    - Not Eating
    - Vomiting
    - A bulge top of a baby's
    head
    - Stiffness in the body and neck
    Meningitis is an inflammation of the THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF
    fluid and membranes (meninges)
    surrounding your brain and spinal cord. MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES:
    - MENINGOCOCCAL CONJUGATE
    VACCINES (MENACWY).
    - SEROGROUP B
    MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES
    A DOCTOR CAN DIAGNOSE MENINGITIS (MENB)
    BASED ON A MEDICAL HISTORY, A
    PHYSICAL EXAM AND CERTAIN DIAGNOSTIC
    TESTS.
    TEST CAN INCLUDED:
    - BLOOD TEST
    - X-RAYS OR CT SCANS
    - SPINAL TAP
    - OTHERS

    THE TREATMENT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF


    MENINGITIS YOU HAVE:
    - BACTERIAL MENINGITIS MUST BE TREATED
    IMMEDIATELY WITH INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS
    AND SOMETIMES CORTICOSTEROIDS. MENINGITIS CAN SPREAD THROUGH
    DIRECT CONTACT WITH SALIVA, NASAL
    - ANTIBIOTICS CAN'T CURE VIRAL MENINGITIS. IN MUCUS, OR FECES. IT COULD EASILY
    MANY CASES THEY IMPROVE ON THEIR OWN IN SPREAD THROUGH COUGHING AND
    SEVERAL WEEKS. SNEEZING. DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTACT
    FOR MILD CASES OF VIRAL MENINGITIS WITH AN INFECTED PERSON INCREASES
    TREATMENT USUALLY INCLUDES: YOUR RISK OF GETTING THE SAME VIRUS.

    - BED REST
    - PLENTY OF FLUIDS
    - OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN MEDICATIONS TO
    HELP REDUCE FEVER AND RELIEVE BODY ACHES

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